Should robots have rights?

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Menzagitat Mar 9 @ 4:42am

Let's say humans learn how to extend their brains with artificial components.
And then the organic part will be just a tiny % which doesn't matter.
You will become a robot.
Should you have more rights than a robot who never was a human before?

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↑↑↓↓←→←→BASelect Mar 9 @ 5:19am

No.

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the vampire of time and memory Mar 9 @ 5:21am

I think that if robots reach human intelligence they'll have to be treated fairly, but if the robot uprising happens you're gonna catch me on the side of the humans

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DoomsDay Mar 9 @ 5:23am

rights like laws humans have? some people only read laws to exploit them , some use laws as guide books for crimes,does exactly what the law says not to do.

how will robot use their right? better if robots dont know about it

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Kargor Mar 9 @ 5:30am

Should robots have rights?

With the current state of technology, this is a non-issue.

It's been done in SciFi now and then -- like the Star Trek NG episode where someone wanted to dismantle Data for research.

It's generally something that can be done in a show where one of the main characters is a machine with actually working AI and stuff -- I do seem to remember something similar with Andromeda, but can't quite put my finger onto it enough to find that episode, if it existed at all and I'm not just mixing up stuff.

Last edited by Kargor; Mar 9 @ 5:31am

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CyberBlood Dragon Mar 9 @ 5:33am

Machines aren't organic entities and they're made to mimic humans.

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zeke Mar 9 @ 5:34am

No robots (and bots) have no more need for rights than your toaster does. (Ro)bots aren't sentient, let alone conscious. They don't experience pain & pleasure, nor do they have wants & desires. Whereas a human that (potentially in the future) replaces (most or even all of) their organic parts with machines is still both sentient and conscious.

Now a (true) AI is a different story than bots and robots. An AI that possesses consciousness would undoubtedly be entitled to having its rights recognized. Our treatment of such becomes an ethical concern. But that is an issue that is purely a subject matter of science fiction as of the current state of technology. Despite the hype surrounding certain tools/products (such as the souped-up chat-bots that have gotten a lot of attention), we are far from producing a true AI in which this issue would be an immediate concern that people should have (not to say it isn't an interesting philosophical matter to discuss & consider).

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Neuro Mar 9 @ 5:41am

Robots should have no rights ever, they are machines.

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Kobs Mar 9 @ 5:42am

One day peoples will be able to send their conscience into androids, that will be the "eternal life" everyone hopes for and rights wise, YOU as a person will probably retain your rights since it's always you inside a different body

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Good Night Owl Mar 9 @ 5:46am

I remember hating the game "Detroit Become Human". Specifically because it covered a ridiculous point of discussion that humanity would definitely end up asking themselves.

Needless to say, my answer is "no". If you did that to your brain, you'd be pretty much dead, and what would be walking around is a puppet programmed to think it's "you".

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