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Wednesday, 20 December 2006

First Catch Your AI


Should robots have rights? According to Henrik Christensen, director of the Centre of Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technology,
If we make conscious robots they would want to have rights and they probably should.
To paraphrase an old Spartan reply, "If."
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1 comment:

  1. al finThursday, 28 December 2006 at 10:12:00 GMT-8

    We need to sort out how we assign rights to humans first, before we think about granting rights to robots.

    Should everyone have the right to wear full face veils when passing through customs, conducting bank business, or driving an automobile?

    Should every adult be allowed to vote, regardless of intellect, sense of responsibility, or criminal record?

    Etc.

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