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donotpissoffacow

(91 posts) Thu Oct 26, 2017, 05:28 PM Oct 2017

Does Saudi robot citizen have more rights than women?

Sophia was such a hit she was immediately given Saudi citizenship in front of hundreds of delegates at the Future Investment Initiative in Riyadh on 25 October.
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Journalist Murtaza Hussain posted: "This robot has gotten Saudi citizenship before kafala workers who have been living in the country their entire lives"

http://www.bbc.com/news/blogs-trending-41761856

It boggles the mind in so many ways.

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Does Saudi robot citizen have more rights than women? (Original Post) donotpissoffacow Oct 2017 OP

Why am I not surprised that robots will have more rights than women. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #1

Irish_Dem

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1. Why am I not surprised that robots will have more rights than women.

Reply to donotpissoffacow (Original post)

Thu Oct 26, 2017, 05:46 PM

Oct 2017

Figures.

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