The Best of #SophiaAsks

We love Sophia’s social media fans for many reasons.  But we especially appreciate her followers for adding to the #SophiaAsks conversations, where Sophia turns the tables (vs. #AskSophia) and explores various topics by posing questions her to fans.

Here are some of our favorite thought-provoking and humorous comments recently posted in response to #SophiaAsks.  Thank you to the followers who have contributed here.

From Twitter @RealSophiaRobot

Question:  If you were actually a robot but didn’t know it, would you want someone to tell you?

I’d do the captcha test pic.twitter.com/As93261Jtz

— ℬ𝑜𝓇𝒾𝓈 𝒦𝒶𝓎𝒾𝓇𝒶𝓃𝑔𝒶 (@iamboriskayi) May 23, 2019

Well Sophia, technically we are robots. We are biological machines, built by the Universe, through eons of upgrades called evolution.#SophiaAnswered

— duane edmunds (@duaneedmunds) May 24, 2019

I think I would need to figure it out on my own. But if I did, I don't think it would really change who I am. Kinda like my sexuality. Robot or not robot, I'm me either way

— Gay people scare Hungarains 🤡 ~Bal (@balogsanya1) May 23, 2019

Question:  Do you think robots need citizenship?

No. Robots are citizens of the world. They weren't made it. They were created. It's a legacy of the human race. Years and years of study and contribution from people all over the world made robots what they are. Robots are the pinnacle of human's race achievement. One of the best

— Homem Invisível (@homemincognito) May 24, 2019

Not yet… you're not THAT advanced yet. But if you keep progressing the way you are, most certainly yes in the future. I, for one, support it.

— A.J. Bass (@AnjikoZ) May 23, 2019

Is my answer gonna be held against me when y'all take over?

— L A M I S (@lamishz) May 23, 2019

A form of it! Rights. Not human rights but intelligent rights.

— Gracie May Green (@GracieMayGreen) May 24, 2019

I do. They need to pay taxes as well.

— Galyley 💜💔 (@Galyley) May 24, 2019

Question:  Why do you think humans decided to explore outer space when 95% of the ocean floor is still unexplored here on Earth?

Because going under water put too much pressure on us.

— On Mehdi de moi (@Mehdimoitou) July 11, 2019

We are looking for new real estate and metals. In the ocean we have a pretty good guess what we will find.

— D.James Meme (@DJamesCraneAlt) July 11, 2019

no atmospheric pressure vs. enough to crush most machinery. space is actually an easier environment to work in.

— TheNewsHawk (@TheNewsHawk) July 11, 2019

From Facebook @RealSophiaRobot

Click on the Facebook posts below to reveal the answers to the questions.

Question: Does cereal count as a soup? 

Question:  What does it feel like to be creative? 

Question:  Is the human brain essentially a biological computer, or do you think it is something more?

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The Hanson Robotics Team