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What is the social/ethical/legal status of AnthroPCs?
Is it cold in here?:
Excellent point by jwhouk.
Carl-E:
--- Quote from: Daniel Patrick Moynihan on 08 Apr 2011, 23:17 ---Clinton mentions that AIs have the same rights as humans. Including the right to vote?
brb manufacturing 150 million Demo-bot 2012s and depositing them in battleground states.
--- End quote ---
Humans only have the right to vote after reaching the age of majority, implying a certain level of maturity (yeah, right).
With an AI, would it be age, or some other demonstrable test of maturity to grant them rights such as voting, independence from their owner, and other rights of decision?
Tergon:
That's an issue as well. Remember, Winslow was astonished to discover that Coffee Of Doom does not have sentient espresso machines. Admittedly the little guy's a bit naive, but still, he expected an espresso machine to have at least a certain standard of A.I. And then there's the Roomba and its offspring...
So do AnthroPC rights apply to all robotic intelligence? And if so, what about those who just aren't programmed to be that smart? I mean no offence to the Espresso Machine community when I say this, but if they're not programmed to be socially conscious, then they obviously can't vote, so what category do their rights fall into?
cyro:
I expected Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics to be an option.
Is it cold in here?:
Mentally disabled humans can be ineligible to vote. Maybe the same is true of unintelligent AIs.
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