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Is it cold in here?:
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Jan 2012, 00:10 ---We have an ESS (Emplyee Self-Service) website where you can print off your stubs if you need them.
Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
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That is an absolutely fascinating question.
I can see robots wanting to retire (though they'll be obsolete well before age 65). But what would they do with Medicare? If it covers repairs, suddenly we have to wonder who pays for repairs for free-range AnthroPCs. And is it neglect or abuse if a human who adopts an AnthroPC fails to pay for repairs?
I'll probably split this later and move it to the AI Rights thread.
techkid:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jan 2012, 07:30 ---
--- Quote from: Carl-E on 09 Jan 2012, 00:10 ---
Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
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If it covers repairs, suddenly we have to wonder who pays for repairs for free-range AnthroPCs. And is it neglect or abuse if a human who adopts an AnthroPC fails to pay for repairs?
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I guess it would all depend on their dependency with their "owner" (personally, I hate that word when talking about a living or otherwise sentient creature, but there is no other real word for that "store-bought" relationship, no matter how attached their relationship is). If they are self-sufficient like Momo, then the possibility is open that they would be able to look after themselves (like when your kids grow up and make their own way in the world (or at least, you hope so)). But if they are still at home, and have no means of supporting themselves, then I suppose that responsibility would fall into their owner's hands.
Another question to arise from that would be, if an AnthroPC does become self-sufficient, would it be possible for them to get their own AnthroPCs?
AnAverageWriter:
--- Quote from: Is it cold in here? on 09 Jan 2012, 07:30 ---Do robots get Social Security and Medicare taken out?
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--- Quote ---That is an absolutely fascinating question.
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The Social Security Network is already stretched thin as it is, what with the baby-boomers now turning into the toothless aging hordes. Introducing an entirely new, close-to-immortal, never-aging race into the retirement mix would completely bonk it out of existence.
Yes, the concept of obsolescence would, I imagine, weigh on the mind of an AnthroPC, but, given the level of advancement we've seen, they're already as intelligent and capable as humans, and we don't see Dora running around screaming about being replaced by a new model.
People need social security because there is no "cure" for getting old and unable to do things. AnthroPCs can get a new chassis, replace parts, etc.
With humans, things are rather messier than that. Even when you manage to successfully stuff a new part in there, oftentimes there are major complications that arise from it.
Is it cold in here?:
Solution: AnthroPCs pay into Social Security as long as they're working and don't receive benefits until they're too old to work. Which, as you point out, may be never, so they are net contributors forever.
Which, in turn, would be a source of conflict, though maybe they'd be content with disability coverage.
Carl-E:
A disabled robot should be repairable. Although mental disability is another matter...
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