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Saudi Arabia Bestows Citizenship On A Robot Named Sophia
« on: October 27, 2017, 12:33:48 am »
Saudi Arabia just made a non-human woman a citizen, making it the first country to grant a robot the right to citizenship, at least as far as we know. Why it did so isn't immediately evident, but the irony of a nation infamous for denying basic rights to its female citizens imbuing a robotic Audrey Hepburn lookalike with rights is not lost on us. The robot, known as Sophia, appeared on stage without an abaya, a head covering and cloak normally required of women by the Saudi government.

https://www.yahoo.com/finance/news/saudi-arabia-bestows-citizenship-robot-235955390.html
I disagree.  Circle gets the square.