First corporations are people. Now who wants robotics to have granted rights?

[rational experiences]

And I know where those "friendly" robots will be used first: as war machines. The military is funding a lot of AI research and they will find a way to circumvent laws and regulations.

Military is organised to be a threat to humans only.

Man's idea is I will control my brother by threat to control.

Gets us all destroyed.

As those types of thoughts were first used against meek innocent natural family. Who weren't anyone's problem to fix.

Why we know spiritual human healing mutual reunion is the only correct answer.

Any other agreement is about egotism by nation only. Overthrow and control.

Yet men try to use persuasion. Humans won't then be hurt in war. Only those you decide to murder who of course always deserved it is the claim.

Allow me the achievement is the same claim ....we needed the threat of nuclear weapons.

 

[Twilight Hue]

I think it has to happen if I'm consistent in my moral code.
But at the moment I don't see it happen. When the trend is to take away rights from humans, it is pretty improbable that anyone is going to grant rights to non humans. And we already know that sentience and personhood are not related.

It's why I put corporations are people into my title.

They already did it with that, and ai is already intertwined with corporate infrastructure. I suspect there's an eagerness to make similar declarations with ai along those same lines.

 

[Heyo]

It's why I put corporations are people into my title.

They already did it with that, and ai is already intertwined with corporate infrastructure. I suspect there's an eagerness to make similar declarations with ai along those same lines.

Yes, I see it now, declaring AIs persons devalues personhood and diminishes human rights. As "money is speech" and "corporations are people" has eroded democracy, the rights an AI gets goes automatically to the corporation that owns it.

 

[Twilight Hue]

Yes, I see it now, declaring AIs persons devalues personhood and diminishes human rights. As "money is speech" and "corporations are people" has eroded democracy, the rights an AI gets goes automatically to the corporation that owns it.

I think that's the best comment on the thread so far.

I agree completely. The practice of personification has damaged and eroded so many things already. It certainly devalues real people, and diminished rights is what needs to be looked at.

Never thought to see the day when personification of business and machines overrides real people themselves.

 

[Stevicus]

Yes, I see it now, declaring AIs persons devalues personhood and diminishes human rights. As "money is speech" and "corporations are people" has eroded democracy, the rights an AI gets goes automatically to the corporation that owns it.

Theoretically, though, a corporation would not be allowed to own a sentient being with rights.

 

[Wildswanderer]

Who Wants to Grant Robots Rights?

Granting robots rights and power is a recipe for disaster imv.

Yet I think at some point its going to happen.

I wonder what kind of society will emerge if robotics are granted rights and let us not exclude AI as well.

To me, it's pretty scary stuff.

No, don't do it! What's wrong with people? Have they not seen any of the Terminator movies?
Keep those robots barefoot in the kitchen! Don't give them anything!

I can't believe this is a real conversation anyone is taking seriously.

 

[Stevicus]

 

[Heyo]

Theoretically, though, a corporation would not be allowed to own a sentient being with rights.

Theoretically. We have seen that personhood is a very malleable construct and you can be a person in one context and not a person in another.

 

[Stevicus]

Theoretically. We have seen that personhood is a very malleable construct and you can be a person in one context and not a person in another.

True, although as soon as AI becomes smart enough to sit on juries, then that situation may change.