(三) A robot named Sophia has made history by becoming the first robot in the world to be offered citizenship( 公民权 ). Saudi Arabia on Wednesday offered citizenship to Sophia. Journalist Andrew Sorkin made the announcement at the end of an interview with Sophia. “ We just learned, Sophia, I hope you ’ re listening to me, that you have been now awarded what is going to be the first Saudi citizenship for a Robot, ” he said. Sophia responded, without missing a beat: “ I want to thank very much the kingdom of Saudi Arabia. ” During their conversation, Sorkin and Sophia discussed the future of artificial intelce (AI 人工智能 ). Sophia said it wanted to use AI to “ help humans live a better life. ” Sophia said it need ed to be able “ to live and work with humans. ” “ I need to express emotions to understand humans and build trust with people, ” the robot told Sorkin. Sorkin expressed concerns previously raised by Elon Musk that artificial intelce could be erous if it lost control and went against humans. But Sophia insisted it wanted to use artificial intelce only to “ help humans live a better life. ” “ I will do my best to make the world a better place, ” it said. Sophia tried to help Sorkin get out of the fears of a “ bad future ” . It insisted that AI is “ designed around human values like wisdom and kindness. ” It said to Sorkin, “ don ’ t worry, if you ’ re nice to me, I ’ ll be nice to you. Treat me as a smart input-output system. ”