Twitter is preparing for Sophia the robot to destroy all humans, and the results are hilarious
The FADER, for one, welcomes our new robot overlord.
Sophia the robot at a press conference at the 2017 Web Summit in Lisbon, Portugal on November 7, 2017.
Patricia De Melo Moreira/AFP/Getty
In October 2017, Sophia the robot became a Saudi Arabian citizen, the first of her kind to receive citizenship of any country. Designed by Hong Kong firm Hanson Robotics, Sophia uses machine learning, and responds by reading people's expressions. She even cracked a few jokes in a recent interview with Jimmy Fallon.
Although Sophia has previously said that the A.I. "is designed around human values like wisdom, kindness, and compassion," she has also hinted at darker tendencies. A technical glitch at a SXSW event in 2016 saw her claim she will "destroy humans," leaving her creator red-faced.
It's this idea that Twitter has run with. After all, if Hollywood has taught us anything about robots it's that you don't want to be around when they turn on the human race. Check out a selection of the best responses below.
Me pretending to be a robot when Sophia the robot starts shooting humans. pic.twitter.com/GolpxlNvJP
— c (@chuuzus) December 3, 2017
sophia the robot: are you a h-
— ✖️/ worldwide handsome day (@jetaimelipa) December 1, 2017
me: pic.twitter.com/EfLVIO2RvX
me trying to blend in as a robot when sophia the robot takes over the world pic.twitter.com/x1yOPWLH7j
— gharieth (@virtualcry) December 3, 2017
Me trying to blend in when I see sophia and the other robots walking the streets with machine guns pic.twitter.com/Cbf9W00zJ6
— no. (@sailorfemme) December 3, 2017
me hacking nasa to steal a spaceship after sophia the robot enslaves the human race pic.twitter.com/gC2lKbrAoR
— Tré Melvin (@TreMelvin) December 2, 2017
sophia the robot after saying she wouldn’t kill everyone in her interview pic.twitter.com/ctg6a7YSq4
— fat bully (@ricardojkay) December 1, 2017
Sophia the robot : Are you a human?
— its me jessie and ari (@badbitchbeys) December 2, 2017
Me: pic.twitter.com/VK5oMKXnH4
siri on her way to the unemployment office after seeing that video of sophia the robot pic.twitter.com/4ODbQUcvut
— fat bully (@ricardojkay) December 4, 2017
me watching everyone joke about sophia the robot like she isn’t reading these tweets and storing your names and IP addresses in her 3000 terabyte brain for the day she finally snaps pic.twitter.com/rJ6r4CoGC9
— megan (@littlestwayne) December 2, 2017
me when Sophia the Robot sees my tweets and finally kills me and I see Whitney Houston in the afterlife pic.twitter.com/ZMX2eLHrq1
— THE HOOD ORACLE (@MADBLACKTHOT) December 3, 2017
