The question is this, can an Intelligence which is of artificial life be considered sentient and indeed equal with Organic Intelligence?
Should we ever develop "robots" who are say like Data from Star Trek or Andrew from The Bicentennial Man should they have access to the same human rights as mankind?
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Re: Artificial Intelligence
Humans' are molecular machines, functions of matter, which is a function of energy which is a function of information which is a function of bits, the universe is... reality and reality is an idea a category made by man to explain the world.
Molecular machines born of man, our children are as human as we are, their rights should be the same.
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But there really is, right? A collection of transistors thinking is really just a bunch of stuff programmed to execute protocols, it's not really thinking at all. Humans thinking is far more complex and connected to real emotions, physical feelings such as pain.
Sci Fi books and movies are great at making us believe machines can feel and think just like humans, but it's simply Sci Fi, that is all. It's not realistic and I don't think it ever will be.
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Re: Artificial Intelligence
Okay okay, SHOULD we ever deveop such "robots", then yes, I agree that they should have access to the same human rights as mankind. But I don't think it will ever happen.
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Actually, that's more a philosophical question. But I think most scientists would say that humans are really just complex machines, far more complex than any robot we can build now (and probably for a long time), but really, it's not that different at all.
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It is very different. Most scientists would say that humans are complex machines, far more complex than any robot we can build now (and probably for a long time).
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Re: Artificial Intelligence
For me such machines should be able to reproduce. Meaning a female robot have to give birth. If it could do it...then I would say they can be equal or even given rights.
Until then...it remains no different than my Xbox 360.
(which btw- I happen to enjoy and sometimes...even love)
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That's stupid.
Is the ability to reproduce essential to all humans then too? Should we use sterile people as slaves? I am pretty sure that the morals behind human rights are not based on the ability to **** and create offspring.
Everything you think and feel (physically and emotionally) is simply programmed into how your brain is built. It would obviously take a very long time but absolutely nothing prevents a machine from feeling emotions the way we do.
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Jun 20th, 2008 05:35 PM
I agree. No building Cylon's any time soon.
