It seems doubtful that a computer-brained robot could develop true intelligence, but maybe; and it seems quite conceivable that, through genetic transfer, an ape's brain could be made larger, and the ape become quite well educated. Under such circumstances, must participation in human society including voting, admission to Harvard, etc. always be confined to members of our species?
2006-07-28 14:05:31 · 9 answers · asked by John (Thurb) McVey 4 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Should they be subject to the laws of the state, then an educated ape or a sentient computer should absolutely be allowed to vote. At any point when a being is sentient enough to understand laws, it should become subject to them, and anyone who is subject to laws should have some say in creating them, if society is to be considered free.
2006-07-28 14:30:50 · answer #1 · answered by Maradiera 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Like the Planet of the Apes? Apes are very intelligent, maybe some are even more so than most humans. But who would they vote for? Should we train them to be bias for one party or the other? Would they be easily bribed with a bunch of bananas? To be honest with you I sometimes wonder about the human people that are allowed to vote. Thinking about these people voting makes me wish that any animal could vote instead of them. But as you can see by my nick name I love animals and would be crazy enough to think about voting for an ape. I have seen worse politicians.
2006-07-28 21:14:18 · answer #2 · answered by angelsforanimals 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Unfortunately, we don't require people to be educated in order to vote. I think there was some law passed a while back that undid such attempts. Mostly, we just require them to be human and alive... and in Chicago, not even alive, it seems.
See the movie Bicentennial Man though if you want a good serious treatment of this topic.
2006-07-28 21:08:15 · answer #3 · answered by Don M 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
uhhh wow this is some psychology stuff lo, I think that humans would not be able to adapt to this very quickly. Most likely we would destroy it before anything could escalade. Personally I could care less haha if there as smart as us let em' be as for the robot thing it is bound to happen one day at the current pace in technology. They already have such things that elarn and adapt.
2006-07-28 21:10:56 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Marvin Minsky (an early pioneer in Artificial Intelligence) said that when intelligent machines were constructed, they would be just as stubborn and fallible as men on certain questions-- free will, etc. My point is that, as long as they are NO WISER than men, why bother...?
2006-07-28 23:18:11 · answer #5 · answered by cdf-rom 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, I am an ape, with an ivy league education, and I do vote. Too late, I'm already invented. Have any banana's...?
2006-07-28 21:10:31 · answer #6 · answered by 345Grasshopper 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
What, and one-up us?
I'd say that if a being is rational, it has rights. See Bicentennial Man -- good movie.
2006-07-28 21:52:15 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
lol.. if that were to happen I think they should be allowed to vote.
but i wouldnt let the robots have too much control.
2006-07-28 21:35:30 · answer #8 · answered by sean_mchugh6 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only if it could register
2006-07-28 21:12:41 · answer #9 · answered by xjoizey 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋