Posted on 12/13/2007 7:02:28 AM PST by Dan Evans
In general the concept of rights has not been successfully defined, not even in law. It’s fine to talk about rights, but realize that nobody knows the rules of the game.
I get your drift now. For example a sexual act on a robot appearing to look and act like a 10 year old girl. Although I see the logic of your position, a prohibition would make fare more sense to me than robot rights.
I would support giving rights to an intelligent machine capable of making moral decisions, harboring desires, and shaping its own identity...if such a machine could be constructed.
I don't think a machine like that could ever be made, but then again I'm not very educated in computer science. Of course, the best minds in human history have been wrong when it comes to predicting the bounds of human achievement.
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