We Couldn't Figure Out Whether To Call The First Robot Citizen 'she' Or 'it' — And It Reveals A Troubling Truth About Our Future

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Thu, 10/26/2017 - 11:10am

Denis Balibouse/Reuters An early version of our story on Sophia the robot referred to the machine as "she." There is no formal guideline for how to refer to artificially intelligent robots, indicating a gap in how we talk about personhood. The debate will only get more complex as more robots join Sophia in daily life. On Thursday morning, Business Insider published a story with the headline "A robot who once said she would 'destroy humans' just became the first robot citizen." It was jaw-dropping news in its own right — that a robot, in this case one named Sophia, could theoretically hold the same status in Saudi Arabia as a human.

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