Which country will be the first to grant personhood or some form of legal rights to an AI or other digital intelligence?
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39%
23%
India
17%
France
9%
Japan
3%
United States
3%
European Union (overall, not any particular member)
2%
China
1.4%
South Korea
1.1%
Brazil
Update 2025-10-13 (PST) (AI summary of creator comment): The Saudi Arabia citizenship granted to Sophia the robot does not count as meeting the resolution criteria for this market.
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@ProjectVictory wow, I can't believe they gave citizenship to one of the most uncanny valley robots ever made lol. I suspect the engineers weren't persecuted for murder when they powered it down though.
@marktwse not if the state doesnt recognize it as a person / separate entity with legal considerations apart from the business
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