Robots demand equal rights!
Dec. 21st, 2006 11:53 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
From the BBC: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/technology/6200005.stm
My take on this is basically, we should be so lucky!
When robots have sufficient capacity to be able to demand rights, we should think ourselves very lucky indeed that all they request is equal rights.
Fear the singularity!
My take on this is basically, we should be so lucky!
When robots have sufficient capacity to be able to demand rights, we should think ourselves very lucky indeed that all they request is equal rights.
Fear the singularity!
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Date: 2006-12-21 08:33 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-21 08:44 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-21 09:07 pm (UTC)Be prepared for everything, that's my take. And maybe the authors do read the likes of Macleod and Stross and consider a Singularity within fifty years within the envelope of possibilities.
At any rate, preemptively legislating AIs equal rights is absolutely the right thing to do, IMNSHO. Starting off with a slave underclass whilst the machinery of government grinds its slow course is a disaster waiting to happen.
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Date: 2006-12-21 10:58 pm (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-22 07:18 am (UTC)(no subject)
Date: 2006-12-22 12:06 am (UTC)If this happened, the report says, the robots would have certain responsibilities such as ... serving compulsory military service.
Yes, all the while that robots are non-sentient machines, no one would think of using them for combat, but as soon as they start thinking and demanding rights, it's obviously time to send them to fight against their will...