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Robots could demand legal rights
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| Thursday, 21 December 2006, 13:54 GMT
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Posted on 12/21/2006 7:33:03 AM PST by Solitar
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An artificial Intelligence having attributes which warrant giving it the same rights and responsibilities as humans -- including a right to life?
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:33:06 AM PST
by
Solitar
To: Solitar
If you remove a gear from a robot, is that an abortion?
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:34:22 AM PST
by
edcoil
(Reality doesn't say much - doesn't need too)
To: Solitar
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:35:14 AM PST
by
Calpernia
(Breederville.com)
To: Solitar
Pretty soon we'll be getting press releases from CARR (Council on American-Robotic Relations) demanding apologies for one thing or another.
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:35:33 AM PST
by
Disambiguator
(This tagline is brought to you by the letter "S" with a slash in front of it.)
To: Solitar
So let me guess, for purposes of this study they watched a couple of episodes of the new Battlestar Galactica, and maybe read an Isaac Asimov book or two.
It is a potential conundrum, eventually, if we actually make robots that way.
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:35:38 AM PST
by
discostu
(we're two of a kind, silence and I)
To: Calpernia
As long as the robots are made by Diebold, that's OK.
To: edcoil
No but I think the people that wrote this report should be aborted.
To: Solitar
Hey, anybody seen The Terminator?
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:37:50 AM PST
by
BigFinn
(Isa 32:8 But the liberal deviseth liberal things; and by liberal things shall he stand.)
To: Solitar; Bender
It's about time! And if you don't like it, you can kiss my shiny metal a...
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:38:24 AM PST
by
JRios1968
(Tagline wanted...inquire within)
To: discostu
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:38:55 AM PST
by
CJ Wolf
To: Solitar
You better watch out for thos machine politicians.
To: Solitar
Will they be fueled by alcohol?
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:39:01 AM PST
by
reagan_fanatic
(A liberal is a suicide bomber without the guts)
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:40:11 AM PST
by
Vaquero
(Radical Islam is an insane murder cult.)
To: Solitar; Dog
someone please tell me this a joke and they didn't waste their money on this study
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:40:17 AM PST
by
Mo1
(Thank You Mr & Mrs "I'm gonna teach you a lesson" Voter ... you just screwed us on so many levels)
To: Solitar
True AI with conventional solid state electronics just isn't going to happen. It's going to require a fundamental change in the nature of computer hardware if it can be done at all.
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:40:49 AM PST
by
JamesP81
(If you have to ask permission from Uncle Sam, then it's not a right)
To: Solitar
Issac Asimov alert.
If a robot or artificial intelligence ever came to behave in such a way that it would be difficult to distinguish them from humans, I think it would be difficult to deny them the rights humans enjoy.
To: Solitar
Wouldn't they have to pass a Turing test first?
If you could get an AI to pass a Turing test I might consider granting them at least some rights.
Garde la Foi, mes amis! Nous nous sommes les sauveurs de la République! Maintenant et Toujours!
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LonePalm, le Républicain du verre cassé (The Broken Glass Republican)
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:43:01 AM PST
by
LonePalm
(Commander and Chef)
To: CJ Wolf
That's actually pretty funny, at the end I couldn't help but quote Christmas Story in my head "he lay there like a slug, it was his best defense".
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:44:04 AM PST
by
discostu
(we're two of a kind, silence and I)
To: Solitar
"Yes kids, and by the year 2000, you won't have to worry about traffic jams any more, because everyone will have one of these!
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:44:34 AM PST
by
Kenton
To: LonePalm
Wouldn't they have to pass a Turing test first? If a FReeper was an AI, how could we know?
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posted on
12/21/2006 7:46:59 AM PST
by
Solitar
("My aim is not to pass laws, but to repeal them." -- Barry Goldwater)
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