Sophia is not human -- she's the latest robot created by David Hanson in his attempt to develop artificial intelligence that can aid elderly people and act as human-like assistants. And Sophia just received Saudi Arabian citizenship for her efforts, too. Humanoid artificial intelligence has made leaps and bounds in recent years. Business Insider reports that Sophia could soon be joined by other robots from manufacturers like SoftBank, who produced a robot named Pepper in 2015. SoftBank, who marketed Pepper as the first ever emotional robot, sold out of their 1,000 models in less than a minute.

Source: Huffington Post October 29, 2017 03:56 UTC