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DS143
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Talk about your illegal aliens. |
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freebird
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It will be trickier than that. Assuming when you say A.I., you're also referring to a sense of ethics by which they understand right and wrong, can feel pain and loss, have a sense of mortality, and meet the legal definition of mental fitness, the problem will arise long before an android is created.
Such intelligence will develop first as a bodiless mass of software. This entity will first exist as a virtual pet, a fancy SIM city if you will. As such, the traditional definitions as "body", "life", and "person" will have to be addressed long before that intelligence will inhabit an individual vessel or body. In fact, in all likelyhood, said intelligence will probably also be used in cohabitation with humans long before they are given independence as androids. Uses such as intelligent prosthetics and disease-fighting nanotechnology will probably employ A.I. first.
By today's standard, no,they won't be given citizenship any more than a dog or a cat. But as A.I. evolves, who knows how our future generations will view the ethical consideration of artificial life. |
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coragryph
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Humans (as a species) are not emotionally mature enough to recognize and respect a non-human intelligence. Heck, it's hard enough for them to give equal rights to other humans who happen to have different skin color or dating preferences.
While I agree that rights of citizenship should be granted to any sentient being who reaches a certain threshold of cognitive ability, in reality the open-mindedness that it would require is much farther away than the technical breakthroughs. |
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I am therefore I think
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Who says an electronic thinking entity will want to be part of a biological thinking society? Humans and fish inhibit the same planet on different levels of intelligence but nobody is suggesting we give the fish citizenship. What if electronic intelligence surpasses biological human intelligence to the point we are fish to the "Robots"? Will they give us citizenship? will we want it? |
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Warren D
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We have real beings with real intelligence who aren't citizens. Why bump an android the the head of the line?
Seriously, if a being with artificial intelligence were created and were given rights it could be allowed to apply for citizenship or be granted citizenship on the same basis we humans are given citizenship--but that would be a decision for people well above my pay grade to make. |
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nellie
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already did and if they change the law governer arnold will be president ill b back.... |
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Naazneen D
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Yes! If we have a large living-unintelligent population then we do need to have artificial-intelligent people. |
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yourdoneandover
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If your talking about a cloned human it would have as much of a soul as you. If its a machine we could program them to not be bribed and make them congressmen. |
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moebiusfox
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Well,they would have to have special licenses,these robots.The robot class would be slow to develop,but it
is possible,(I think even beneficial )for mankind. |
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CraZyCaT
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Not citizenship.....Ownership. |
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daydoom
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Yes it should be given residency on the planet of its choice, but not the USA their would be no intelligent life to compare it's intelligence level too. |
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Ironball
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You could classify it as a new life form. |
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bats_fanfilm
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If robots ever become sentient, it should be well understood that they were created by us for our own convenience. They have no more rights than a screwdriver. |
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heyrobo
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Computers have artificial intelligence--should we give our PC's and Macs citizenship? |
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a TRUE AMERICAN and proud to be!
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yes, if we change your gov with stupid robots, probably u will have a better country... |
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Negrodeus
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As a possession it doesn't need citizenship because it is not human.... |
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Hollybug
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that really depends. but whos knows |
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MARK B
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NO. There is still EMOTION. Pain, joy, happiness, etc. You can teach action, reaction and stimulation but not emotion... |
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