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Saudi Arabia Becomes First Nation To Grant Citizenship To Humanoid Robot (foxbusiness.com)
Saudi Arabia became the first country in the world to offer citizenship to a humanoid robot, but Brad Keywell, CEO of Uptake, a predictive analytics technology company, told FOX Business on Thursday artificial intelligence (AI) will not replace humans anytime soon. From a report: "Humans are made super-human through the intelligence that can be derived from these sensors and there is a clear argument that's made about the possibility that there will be no humans, there'd be just autonomous everything... but this is something that has historically involved humans and I just don't see that changing," he told Maria Bartiromo on "Mornings with Maria." Uptake's products are used in a collection of industries ranging from energy to aviation, helping "people and machines work better and faster," according to the company website.
But only because it's a Sunni robot and not a Shi'ite one.
Atheist, Christian or Apostate robots need not apply, ditto for female ones without being accompanied by their developer.
Jewish ones will be thrown into the sea, so they'd better be waterproof.
PS. Is it allowed to charge or get an oil change in the day during Ramadan for a robot citizen?
Presumably, it's a male robot and enjoys many rights not afforded to Saudi women.
Software updates murdered my old iPhone, so I can understand this.
You are welcome on my lawn.