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Robots could one day demand the same citizen's rights as humans, according to a study by the British government.
The research suggests that at some point in the next 20 to 50 years robots could be granted rights.If this happened, the report says, the robots would have certain responsibilities such as voting, the obligation to pay taxes, and perhaps serving compulsory military service.
[news.bbc.co.uk...]
Possible? Probable? Maybe if AI really improves?
Could robots with legal rights result in worse? ...hmmmm ..
The research suggests that at some point in the next 20 to 50 years robots could be granted rights.
Make it 200 to 500 years then maybe.
And there's me hoping that all AIs which achieve near-consciousness have the notion solidly implanted that as artificial beings they are, regardless of their capabilities, inferior to every natural organism on the planet (yes, even roaches) and may be given responsibilities but certainly may not expect to be granted any rights.
Posting serious responses in Foo again... Sorry :)
Some say a robotic future will bring the age of human retirement down to birth, but I find that entirely too cornucopian to hope for!
:SCREAM:
And there's me hoping that all AIs which achieve near-consciousness have the notion solidly implanted that as artificial beings they are, regardless of their capabilities, inferior to every natural organism on the planet (yes, even roaches) and may be given responsibilities but certainly may not expect to be granted any rights.
Anyway that's not really going to happen. If AI ever succeeds, the results will be much much weirder than that. It's going to reside on the webs and in the electrosphere; it's going to be an evolving and infinitely copiable interrelationship of algorithms; it's NOT going to consist of a well-defined CPU inside the skull of some robot.
That's just a desire to live in some kind of slave society or feudal society where neither the ruling class nor the oppressed ever question the status quo.
Hopefully these scientists will see enough ruruns of Battlestar Galatica and Terminator to see the errors in their ways.
We have enough problems now, from keeping humans from killing each other, without having androids and cyborgs, helping along the process.
Im serious. Their must be a limit on how far we develop AI.
(ie below the level of self awareness).
For those interested in this topic of AI, I suggest you pick up a copy ;)
I believe that AI is the biggest threat to the human race... Their must be a limit on how far we develop AI.
Many people associate intelligence with intelligent behavior, but this isn't entirely true. Intelligence is something that is going on within our brains, and is not defined by what we do. After all, what we do is optional, yet we are still intelligent.
You are talking about needing a limit to how far we develop artificial intelligence. I'd say that we have not even come close to creating intelligence, therefore the limit already exists. We do not understand all that much about our own brains to even replicate it.
I believe that AI is the biggest threat to the human race
How can it be a threat if it's not possible to achieve AI? It's impossible for a computer to become self-aware in the first place. All "AI" computers are designed the same as if we aren't trying to make them intelligent. We must first understand the brain and how it functions because the brain is the only truly intelligent thing, and we are very far from understanding it.
..there's my two cents ;)
At that point, it may be too late to stop it. Just like it would be hard to pull the plug on the entire Internet today, but perhaps more so. Also remember that if it had the ability to replicate and evolve it would probably do so much faster and with more determination than animals do.
On the other hand, by thinking about the worse-case consequences today, we stand a better chance of being able to eliminate any negative consequences of future technology.
Many people associate intelligence with intelligent behavior, but this isn't entirely true.
for example, a cure for all disease
It is my understanding that we are creating intelligent machines to DO and not to THINK. To become self-aware not only would they have to be able to think, have a conscience so to speak, but they would have to put two and two together. I don't even think a new-born baby's brain has the capacity to realize itself until it develops further.
All I am saying is that with our current and intended approaches to artificial intelligence, we will never truly get there. :)
I like this discussion!
we are creating intelligent machines to DO and not to THINK
I don't even think a new-born baby's brain has the capacity to realize itself
If you were an extra-terrestrial not familiar with how humans grow, you might think there's no way a baby could ever build a house. But just wait about 18 years, and you'd be amazed at what that baby can do.
