Sophia was granted citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
The following asks questions about the wisdom if this and the precedents it might set.
An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia
Social rights
Let’s talk about relationships and reproduction.
As a citizen, will Sophia, the humanoid emotional robot, be allowed to “marry” or “breed” if Sophia chooses to? Students from North Dakota State University have taken steps to create a robot that self-replicates using 3D printing technologies.
If more robots join Sophia as citizens of the world, perhaps they too could claim their rights to self-replicate into other robots. These robots would also become citizens. With no resource constraints on how many children each of these robots could have, they could easily exceed the human population of a nation.
As voting citizens, these robots could create societal change. Laws might change, and suddenly humans could find themselves in a place they hadn’t imagined.
AI Principles - Future of Life Institute
The following asks questions about the wisdom if this and the precedents it might set.
An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia
Social rights
Let’s talk about relationships and reproduction.
As a citizen, will Sophia, the humanoid emotional robot, be allowed to “marry” or “breed” if Sophia chooses to? Students from North Dakota State University have taken steps to create a robot that self-replicates using 3D printing technologies.
If more robots join Sophia as citizens of the world, perhaps they too could claim their rights to self-replicate into other robots. These robots would also become citizens. With no resource constraints on how many children each of these robots could have, they could easily exceed the human population of a nation.
As voting citizens, these robots could create societal change. Laws might change, and suddenly humans could find themselves in a place they hadn’t imagined.
AI Principles - Future of Life Institute