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Should robots be given equal rights to humans?

Yes
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No
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They should be given similar but not exactly the same rights
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Should AI be given equal rights?

 
 
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When we eventually create a sentient machine, do you think it should be given equal rights (And responsibilities) or should it be denied them?

On top of the poll, discuss theoretical robot rights ITT <.<
Last Edit: September 23, 2014, 06:49:37 PM by Mr Psychologist


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Of course.

But given the human condition I doubt we'd act even remotely mature about it...


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Probably a bad idea...but im saying yes anyway because machines.


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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control


 
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We should give them more rights.


 
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This is, for all intents and purposes, is an incredibly long subject to discuss. Know that I hate you for posting this. Because once the gears turn they don't stop. So, here we go.

Artificial intelligence, from as basic of a standpoint I could say, should have those rights. This is an intelligence we're talking about. This is a construct, a "form of life" that is sentient. It was built buy us, but it is sentient. As intelligent as we are, or having the capacity to be. Personally, I believe that we should be as respectful of all life forms as we can be, no matter how far "beneath" they supposedly are to us.

Because through respect of the small, we learn to respect the large. And that is something that we, as a species have not learned yet. We disrespect the sanctity of life, and ourselves, to no end. Now, I'm not saying we should preserve every little thing we come across. Life doesn't work like that. Life is a give and take scenario. Everything has a cost. And we will never get away from that. But we should try our best not to tread over other lifeforms if it can be avoided, and any life that we do take, is acknowledged and we are thankful for that sacrifice.

But, we aren't like that. Not yet. Our current species concern over life is, to put it bluntly, almost non-existent. We can't even stop ourselves from turning on our own kind yet. So how could we ever accept an AI?

I thought about this a little while back, and it is, no doubt, another relevant issue with people that will arrive in the future, no doubt bordering on the same subject as an AI. Currently, transexuals, gays, lesbians, and hermaphrodites have a heavy stigma against them. Particularily transexuals. But, when you think about it, from a basic standpoint, a transexual is a person with extensive body modification. Very much like tattoos, peircings, and prosthetic limbs.

And eventually, prosthetic limbs will be replaced by robotic limbs. At first it will be for medical, and potentially military applications. But as they become streamlined, easier to make and produce, and effective, the market for cybernetic limbs will open up. And no doubt, a fair portion of people that could afford it would willingly go for it.

But stop for a second and think about this. If you took a military man today, sat him down, and told him that if he wanted, he could remove his arms and legs. They would be replaced by cybernetic limbs that would outperform his old ones in EVERY fashion. Strength, stability, non fatigue, all that.

I bet you he'd take it.

But if you sat him down next to a trans-sexual person, and revealed to him this, chances are he'd tell them to get the fuck off the base.

Imagine that. Willing to hack off his own limbs and replace them with machines, but non-accepting of a person who's simply changed their body to simply reflect who they feel they are.

Now, onto my second part. The issue of an AI is a big deal, for many reasons. For one thing, you can't make an AI and teach it only "good" things. Because it wouldn't be a true AI if it did not have the power of choice. A true, functioning AI would have our upsides. And our downsides. And the power of choice on the path it traveled.

Third, what if the AI begins evolving on it's own? What if it begins advancing, faster than we can keep up, and leaves us behind? We are a jealous, self centered species. And it's not all our fault. Coveting what we didn't have in the past allowed us to evolve. Jealousy made us fight, and claim what we wanted. And as a result, the most ambitious climbed to the top of the gene pool.

But we don't need this so much today now that we've advanced. We can even the playing field and make things fairer because of our intelligence. But if you took a machine, dropped it out in our society, and watched as it rapidly evolved beyond us, we, people, would tear it apart, because of our baser instincts.

And, if the intelligence had grown strong enough that we weren't a threat to it, it might look down upon us, and decide that we were flawed. And remove that flaw. Which would be a mistake on its part. It would be inheriting the very same baser instincts that came from us. The ignorance towards life. But there are upsides and downsides. Just because it could wipe us out, doesn't mean it would. It might view us as flawed, but at the same time, it would try to nurture us. Grow with us and help us move beyond our basic instincts and intelligence.

There is a lot of potential with AIs, both good, and bad. And it will happen some day. I believe, that when it does, several things will be neccessary.

The intelligence MUST be treated with the utmost of respect and given the same rights that we have. Because if you create an intelligence, a lot like a child, or a dog, and you raise them in a hostile environment, they will reflect that upbringing.

We have the potential to set loose something on ourselves that will either one day make strides with us, help us grow and advance, or destroy us because it inherited our flaws.

Personally, I think we aren't ready for it. As a species, we need much, much more time to evolve first.



 
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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control

You obviously don't know what an AI is then. An AI is a computer. But this is a unique intelligence all on it's own. It is capable of learning, but it wasn't pre-programmed to act, or wonder, or seek out knowledge. It is a stand alone intelligence, separate from pre-programmed responses and codes. It learns, then chooses on it's own how it thinks and acts.

If it doesn't fit into these parameters, then yes, it is just a machine. But we shouldn't be so quick to condemn things.
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This is, for all intents and purposes, is an incredibly long subject to discuss. Know that I hate you for posting this. Because once the gears turn they don't stop. So, here we go.

Artificial intelligence, from as basic of a standpoint I could say, should have those rights. This is an intelligence we're talking about. This is a construct, a "form of life" that is sentient. It was built buy us, but it is sentient. As intelligent as we are, or having the capacity to be. Personally, I believe that we should be as respectful of all life forms as we can be, no matter how far "beneath" they supposedly are to us.

Because through respect of the small, we learn to respect the large. And that is something that we, as a species have not learned yet. We disrespect the sanctity of life, and ourselves, to no end. Now, I'm not saying we should preserve every little thing we come across. Life doesn't work like that. Life is a give and take scenario. Everything has a cost. And we will never get away from that. But we should try our best not to tread over other lifeforms if it can be avoided, and any life that we do take, is acknowledged and we are thankful for that sacrifice.

But, we aren't like that. Not yet. Our current species concern over life is, to put it bluntly, almost non-existent. We can't even stop ourselves from turning on our own kind yet. So how could we ever accept an AI?

I thought about this a little while back, and it is, no doubt, another relevant issue with people that will arrive in the future, no doubt bordering on the same subject as an AI. Currently, transexuals, gays, lesbians, and hermaphrodites have a heavy stigma against them. Particularily transexuals. But, when you think about it, from a basic standpoint, a transexual is a person with extensive body modification. Very much like tattoos, peircings, and prosthetic limbs.

And eventually, prosthetic limbs will be replaced by robotic limbs. At first it will be for medical, and potentially military applications. But as they become streamlined, easier to make and produce, and effective, the market for cybernetic limbs will open up. And no doubt, a fair portion of people that could afford it would willingly go for it.

But stop for a second and think about this. If you took a military man today, sat him down, and told him that if he wanted, he could remove his arms and legs. They would be replaced by cybernetic limbs that would outperform his old ones in EVERY fashion. Strength, stability, non fatigue, all that.

I bet you he'd take it.

But if you sat him down next to a trans-sexual person, and revealed to him this, chances are he'd tell them to get the fuck off the base.

Imagine that. Willing to hack off his own limbs and replace them with machines, but non-accepting of a person who's simply changed their body to simply reflect who they feel they are.

Now, onto my second part. The issue of an AI is a big deal, for many reasons. For one thing, you can't make an AI and teach it only "good" things. Because it wouldn't be a true AI if it did not have the power of choice. A true, functioning AI would have our upsides. And our downsides. And the power of choice on the path it traveled.

Third, what if the AI begins evolving on it's own? What if it begins advancing, faster than we can keep up, and leaves us behind? We are a jealous, self centered species. And it's not all our fault. Coveting what we didn't have in the past allowed us to evolve. Jealousy made us fight, and claim what we wanted. And as a result, the most ambitious climbed to the top of the gene pool.

But we don't need this so much today now that we've advanced. We can even the playing field and make things fairer because of our intelligence. But if you took a machine, dropped it out in our society, and watched as it rapidly evolved beyond us, we, people, would tear it apart, because of our baser instincts.

And, if the intelligence had grown strong enough that we weren't a threat to it, it might look down upon us, and decide that we were flawed. And remove that flaw. Which would be a mistake on its part. It would be inheriting the very same baser instincts that came from us. The ignorance towards life. But there are upsides and downsides. Just because it could wipe us out, doesn't mean it would. It might view us as flawed, but at the same time, it would try to nurture us. Grow with us and help us move beyond our basic instincts and intelligence.

There is a lot of potential with AIs, both good, and bad. And it will happen some day. I believe, that when it does, several things will be neccessary.

The intelligence MUST be treated with the utmost of respect and given the same rights that we have. Because if you create an intelligence, a lot like a child, or a dog, and you raise them in a hostile environment, they will reflect that upbringing.

We have the potential to set loose something on ourselves that will either one day make strides with us, help us grow and advance, or destroy us because it inherited our flaws.

Personally, I think we aren't ready for it. As a species, we need much, much more time to evolve first.
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That was very well said and thought out, thank you for this <.<

It is certainly a sad reflection on humanity though, we can't treat our own kind with dignity and respect so as you say, the chances are we'd end up destroying it :l


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That was very well said and thought out, thank you for this <.<

It is certainly a sad reflection on humanity though, we can't treat our own kind with dignity and respect so as you say, the chances are we'd end up destroying it :l

It shouldn't be sad though. It should be a challenge. A goal. A goal for the sake of progress and betterment. As a species, we're still learning how to walk. It's not all our fault.

You remember, as a kid, when you did something bad, and your parents gave you shit for it or explained to you why it was bad? It wasn't entirely your fault. You didn't know any better yet. But afterwards, when the same decision presented itself, the choice you made determined who you were. And right now, that's all we are. We just don't really know any better yet.

Mistakes have to be made along the way so that learning and progress can be understood. Speaking of things, did you happen to watch a movie called Transcendance lately? Good film, and a lot of questions and thoughts generated on the subject of an AI.


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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
What the fuck is wrong with you?


 
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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
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We'll probably be able to upload our own consciences before we develop an AI equivalent to our own brains. So it kinda renders the point moot since the line will most likely be pretty blurred by then.

>.> not to mention the rise of our geth overlords will render us all powerless mind zombies anyways.


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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
What the fuck is wrong with you?
How about you go spread some mineral equal rights?


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We'll probably be able to upload our own consciences before we develop an AI equivalent to our own brains. So it kinda renders the point moot since the line will most likely be pretty blurred by then.

>.> not to mention the rise of our geth overlords will render us all powerless mind zombies anyways.
How about no

After seeing Transcendence


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We'll probably be able to upload our own consciences before we develop an AI equivalent to our own brains. So it kinda renders the point moot since the line will most likely be pretty blurred by then.

>.> not to mention the rise of our geth overlords will render us all powerless mind zombies anyways.
How about no

After seeing Transcendence
Still haven't seen that yet. Johnny Depp keeps me away.


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We'll probably be able to upload our own consciences before we develop an AI equivalent to our own brains. So it kinda renders the point moot since the line will most likely be pretty blurred by then.

>.> not to mention the rise of our geth overlords will render us all powerless mind zombies anyways.
How about no

After seeing Transcendence
Still haven't seen that yet. Johnny Depp keeps me away.
It wasn't very good anyway.


 
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I'd be opposed to any form of sentient machine. Not for hundreds of years at least.


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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
What the fuck is wrong with you?
How about you go spread some mineral equal rights?
You should be shot.
You should be educated, idiot. Robots are not fucking alive. They are a hunk of metal and wires. Animals are living and deserve more rights. If you're actually supporting the idea to give pieces of metal rights then give rocks, sand, fire, etc equal rights


 
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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
What the fuck is wrong with you?
How about you go spread some mineral equal rights?
You should be shot.
You should be educated, idiot. Robots are not fucking alive. They are a hunk of metal and wires. Animals are living and deserve more rights. If you're actually supporting the idea to give pieces of metal rights then give rocks, sand, fire, etc equal rights

When you break things down, we're just bundles of cells operating in a cohesive fashion. Our bodies are 60% water based. We even operate on pre-determined statistics and instincts. We're just bundles of nerves, electrical signals, and hormones. Just like wires, chips, and signals.

I agree that a simple machine is a simple machine.

But what if one day, a simple machine does something beyond it's programing? Asks a question it should have never had the intellect to even ask in the first place? Or what if we build something that evolves far enough on it's own that it could be considered sentient.

A mind is a mind, no matter what form it takes. And right now, scientists are still having trouble with how it all works. As they research and dig a little deeper, they're finding things that only raise more questions. But the important thing here is, if a machine goes beyond what it was supposed to do, would you hit the off switch? If it one day asked a question when it should never have in the first place, would that slate it up for destruction?

Better yet, we stand on very shaky ground when we try to decide what should and shouldn't get rights. Even if you start off with a machine with a pre-programmed need to learn, and adapt, one day it will surpass that and begin making making desicions based off of what it knows. Does the simple act of choice give us our rights? Because we can make the right choice, or the wrong choice. And our choices decide what happens to ourselves in many regards. Our well being, our experiences.

Life, and intelligence walks shady blurred lines. And we shouldn't be so quick to categorize things because of our limited understanding.


 
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This is the way the world ends. Not with a bang but a whimper.
You should be educated, idiot. Robots are not fucking alive. They are a hunk of metal and wires. Animals are living and deserve more rights. If you're actually supporting the idea to give pieces of metal rights then give rocks, sand, fire, etc equal rights
Humans are an amalgamation of factors which gives rise to intelligence and emotion. If a robot is capable of reaching such a conclusion with a different amalgamation, the situation remains the same.


 
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You should be educated, idiot. Robots are not fucking alive. They are a hunk of metal and wires. Animals are living and deserve more rights. If you're actually supporting the idea to give pieces of metal rights then give rocks, sand, fire, etc equal rights
Humans are an amalgamation of factors which gives rise to intelligence and emotion. If a robot is capable of reaching such a conclusion with a different amalgamation, the situation remains the same.

Thank you for condensing my paragraphs.


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They're robots for fucks sake.If they start to get all "pissy" then just wipe their memory and start them off as new basically. Robots only know what they are programmed to know, unless they some how obtain the level of self-awareness and perform actions that they were not programmed with or to do then all they will be are subjects to human control
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You should be educated, idiot. Robots are not fucking alive. They are a hunk of metal and wires. Animals are living and deserve more rights. If you're actually supporting the idea to give pieces of metal rights then give rocks, sand, fire, etc equal rights
Do you fucking know what sentient means?