What do you guys think? If and when humans develop artificial intelligence that is as smart as we are (probably between 2020-2030), should we give it equal civil rights? I mean, it is as smart as anyone else. I don't see why it shouldn't have rights. Thoughts?
First, I'd say your being pretty optomistic in your timeline there; AI is pretty far off, in my opinion. We don't even understand our own brains or consciousness, how could we go and make a conscious computer with such limited knowledge? I at least hope we don't do anything that dumb before having the whole picture. As far as rights, well, if it's truly conscious, then i don't see why not. I don't know why we'd want conscious robots anyways. Jobs can be hard enough to find already. People bitch about immigration, but wait till they're competing for jobs with robots, who WE WOULD BE BUILDING. That's like trying to create unemployment...
I dont post anything for nearly 2 yaers, and they go and delete my account, oh well, hey. Its going to be an interesting question when it comes. I doubt it'll be in the next 30 years though. I suspect like all these things AI won't be an obvious thing it'll come in stages, like global warming, we'll never be quite sure when it started. However I can't forsee it being a philosophical issue our generation has to deal with. Though i guess all intelligent things deserve the same treatment, artificial or otherwise.
no AI. AI is bad. robots will congregate, and decide to destroy us all. I once had a Lego Mindstorm robot set thingie, and it turned on me, and attacked me with the robotic limbs i had granted him. he paid. oh yes, he paid. luckily, the incident was right after the 4th of july. oh yes. he paid.
