Robot 'Sophia' is the official citizen of which country?

Correct option is D

The correct answer is (d) Saudi Arabia

Explanation:
• In October 2017, the highly advanced humanoid robot Sophia was formally granted full citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
• This made Saudi Arabia the first sovereign nation strictly in human history to grant official citizenship status to an artificially intelligent robot.

Information Booster:
• Sophia was developed by the Hong Kong-based AI company Hanson Robotics and strictly modeled after actress Audrey Hepburn.
• The citizenship move sparked massive global debate regarding the moral and legal rights of AI versus human rights within the region.

Additional Knowledge:
USA (Option a)
• While home to vast AI research, the US has not extended legal human citizenship to any robot.
Japan (Option b)
• Japan is incredibly famous for its advanced robotics industry (like ASIMO), but it did not grant official sovereign citizenship to Sophia.
China (Option c)
• Although Hanson Robotics is based in Hong Kong, China is not the nation that bestowed the citizenship.
None of the above/More than one of the above (Option e)
• Incorrect, since Saudi Arabia explicitly took the action.

So the correct answer is (d)