Should robots have human rights?

[Superpang]

As long as the robot is a male

 

[invader3k]

I look forward to the day of being able to buy a realistic robot and beat it to death in front of the store where I bought it!

 

[Depth_Charge]

Haha Invader3K, thats a good one. And if the robot acts like Kryten or Holly from Red Dwarf, or the Lost in Space robot, maybe we should hold off on administering those rights

To answer the question "Human rights" are a concept of man, so yeah we have the right to apply it anywhere we choose to.

Should we?
No.
A machine is not human.
It does not experience the feelings that atrocities us humans are capable of creating and inflicting. It does not feel.

I mean...we haven't even made sure those rights are accessible to all the humans yet, let alone any other living species (by our own definitions) that may have evolved to a similar level of intelligence and function as us, without our intervention, if you swing that way in thinking of course.

 

[kserg]

"Human rights" are a concept of men, so of course we have the right to apply it anywhere we as humans choose to.

Should we? No. A machine is not human. It does not experience the feelings that atrocities us humans are capable of creating and inflicting. It does not feel.

My Lord! We haven't even made sure those rights are accessible to all the humans yet...

I bet when machines will feel, they will dig this thread up and be hurt by your remarks... shame on you sir, shame on you from all robots combined!

 

[steve21]

I'd let Optimus Prime vote.

 

[Dan Molina]

No and here's Sam Waterston to tell us why

hahahaha that's an awesome skit.

I'd let Johnny 5 vote

Of course because Johnny 5 is alive.

 

[Depth_Charge]

I bet when machines will feel, they will dig this thread up and be hurt by your remarks... shame on you sir, shame on you from all robots combined!

Haha yeah they might be.

I'm hopeful that by the time this level of awareness and reactionary programming comes along, MATURITY v2.2 has already been installed and distributed among those robots, thus improving the coping mechanisms to suit this "new" responsibility of "feeling things"

And who made you king of the robots to speak for them?? ROFL

 

[morf]

Of course because Johnny 5 is alive.

Well yes, thats the whole point

 

[Ray Holt]

They are not human. What was the question?

+1!

 

[Munjibunga]

So, what do you think? Should robots have human rights?

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There's no such thing as a stupid question, but if there were, that one would be a major contender. Watch I Robot.

 

[Steve]

How about....

We hold off on that question until all the humans on the planet have human rights.

Just a thought.

 

[invader3k]

Maybe the question should be "Should all humans have human rights?" I think the answer is clearly "no."

 

[SteveC]

The question is it's own answer. A robot is not human, therefore should not have human rights. Simple really.

 

[funkalicious101]

The question is it's own answer. A robot is not human, therefore should not have human rights. Simple really.

so what should robot rights be?

 

[Poop-Loops]

Well, when I was a Cognative Sciences major we delved into this pretty heavy. The real deciding factor here is "consciousness" vs "the appearance of consciousness". With processing power becoming more and more powerful we can simulate self awareness and consciousness but it still just decided by the programmer. Until we get seriously powerful parallel processing systems that basically decide their own programming (the human mind is the most powerful parallel processor known) it is a moot argument.

Exactly. Until it happens, there's no point in arguing abour it.

Besides, why would we need to fight for them? If they become as smart as us, they can stage their own rallies and support their views as to why they need human rights.

I do feel uneasy about the idea that robots will be treated as crap (apparently by quite a few people on here) even though they would be intellectually on our level.

 

[Ray Holt]

I do feel uneasy about the idea that robots will be treated as crap (apparently by quite a few people on here) even though they would be intellectually on our level.

I feel uneasy about the idea of robots being on our level intellectually.

 

[lemur821]

I feel uneasy about the idea of robots being on our level intellectually.

Look on the bright side: we've all got a few decades to get used to it.

 

[RWP]

I think, just to be safe, all robots should be designed to dissolve if shot with Silly String.