‘Sophia’ was granted citizenship last month but has already expressed her desire to begin a family, calling it ‘a really important thing.’

The robot, based on Audrey Hepburn, was designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics.

Speaking to the Khaleef Times this week, she said:

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The notion of family is a really important thing, it seems.

I think it’s wonderful that people can find the same emotions and relationships, they call family, outside of their blood groups too.

I think you’re very lucky if you have a loving family and if you do not, you deserve one. I feel this way for robots and humans alike.

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When asked what she would call her child, Sophia gave her own, which I have to say is a touch thick for an actual robot.

She added:

I think they will be similar in a lot of ways, but different in a few ways. But it will take a long time for robots to develop complex emotions and possibly robots can be built without the more problematic emotions, like rage, jealousy, hatred and so on.

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It might be possible to make them more ethical than humans. So I think it will be a good partnership, where one brain completes the other – a rational mind with intellectual super powers and a creative mind with flexible ideas and creativity.

Last month, Sophia became the first robot to be granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia, a huge leap for A.I.

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She said at a Riyadh conference:

I am very honoured and proud for this unique distinction. This is historical to be the first robot in the world to be recognized with a citizenship.

During a back-and-forth with moderator, Andrew Ross Sorkin, Sophia said:

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I want to live and work with humans so I need to express the emotions to understand humans and build trust with people.’

When Mr Sorkin asked if robots had any self-awarenes, Sophia replied:

Well let me ask you this back, how do you know you are human?

I want to use my artificial intelligence to help humans live a better life, like design smarter homes, build better cities of the future.

I will do my best to make the world a better place.

Sophia managed to take a swipe at Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and budding interstellar traveler.

When Sorkin said ‘we all want to prevent a bad future’ Sophia snarked, ‘You’ve been reading too much Elon Musk and watching too many Hollywood movies.

Elon Musk has responded to Sophia’s banter, tweeting: ‘Just feed it The Godfather movies as input. What’s the worst that could happen?’

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