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Are robots people? Europe isn't sure...
cnet.com ^ | 4/13/2018 | mark serrels

Posted on 04/14/2018 9:34:47 AM PDT by bitt

If a Terminator pours coffee in your lap, who's to blame? The Terminator or Skynet? Who the hell knows at this point.

Quick question: If a Terminator traveled back in time and accidentally spilled hot coffee on your lap, who would you sue? The Terminator or Skynet.

Tricky question, and one that European lawmakers are .

The issue is with a report from the European Commission, , that suggests creating a "legal status for in the long run" so they could be "responsible for making good any damage they may cause".

(Excerpt) Read more at cnet.com ...


TOPICS: Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Science
KEYWORDS: ai; europe; robots; yurp
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To: bitt

“They” have been pushing AI/computers/robots are people for a long time. Why?

To convince the masses that people are nothing more than machines with no souls.

Evil.


21 posted on 04/14/2018 1:38:17 PM PDT by little jeremiah (Half the truth is often a great lie. B. Franklin)
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To: KC_Lion; BenLurkin; Lazamataz
If a Terminator pours coffee in your lap, who's to blame? The Terminator or Skynet?

That’s something a synth would ask.


22 posted on 04/14/2018 1:49:59 PM PDT by TADSLOS (Alex Jones isnÂ’t quite the wing nut now, all things considered.)
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To: bitt
My new best friend:


23 posted on 04/14/2018 1:55:52 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)
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To: TADSLOS

Word of advice. Never call your mother a synth.

Unless she really is one.


24 posted on 04/14/2018 1:58:27 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: bitt

Once robots are defined as people, the liberals will demand that they get the right to vote. To prevent abuse, government will control the voter programming.


25 posted on 04/14/2018 2:01:26 PM PDT by sphinx
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To: bitt

If robots are people they will be aborted, screw by screw.


26 posted on 04/14/2018 2:39:55 PM PDT by 353FMG
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To: bitt

They are not.

Next.


27 posted on 04/14/2018 2:46:31 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man ( Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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To: bitt

I always liked “Mr. Data.”

I think he should be a “people.”


28 posted on 04/14/2018 3:14:19 PM PDT by zeestephen
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To: bitt

Time to stop building robots.


29 posted on 04/14/2018 4:35:43 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvet)
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