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🤖 Skynet Today: Sophia the Robot, More Marketing Machine Than AI Marvel?
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🤖 Skynet Today: Sophia the Robot, More Marketing Machine Than AI Marvel?

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Nov 21, 2018
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Sophia the Robot, More Marketing Machine Than AI Marvel?

By Lana Sinapayen

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Sophia the robot.

Sophia the robot. (source - ITU Pictures on Flickr)

In October of 2018, the humanoid robot Sophia (shown above) from the Hong Kong-based firm Hanson​ was granted an electronic visa by the government of Azerbaijan. The electronic nature of the visa was not incidental; th…

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