In 2017, a robot named Sophia was granted Saudi Arabian citizenship, a dubious move on many fronts. Real human women had only earned the right to drive a car in the country a month earlier, and ...

My Robot Sophia explores these questions, offering an intimate window into Hanson's creative process, familial traumas, and surfacing anxieties as investors pressure him for answers.

The documentary "My Robot Sophia" tells the story of David Hanson's quest to create a human-like robot who can feel emotions and learn to care. Sophia is powered by artificial intelligence, and ...