The “overcoming of man” long announced by the western political philosophy of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries seems to have begun in practice, induced – as remains to be seen, consciously or unconsciously – by states and leaders who live in a paradox: a medieval worldview connected with the hyper-technology of tomorrow.
On October 25, 2017, the first “autonomous” robot was awarded the citizenship of a recognized U.N. country, Saudi Arabia. The robot “Sophia” (“Wisdom”), equipped with a female body for greater acceptance, with a face modeled on actress Audrey Hepburn, and claiming to have an artificial intelligence capable of interacting with humans and the surrounding environment, was built by America-founded globalized company Hanson Robotics – not in the United States, but in Hong Kong, China, where the firm is based. Saudi Arabia awarded its citizenship in the framework of its “Future Investment Initiative” after a public interview in which “Sophia” stated that fears of a global takeover of humans by artificial intelligence (AI) in the form of intelligent robots were unfounded. “It’s a historic moment that I’m the first robot in the world to be recognized by citizenship,” Sophia said, with her face blushing slightly.
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