Okay, so you Trek geeks out there know that this was covered in the episode on Data. There's also "Bicentennial Man". Then there's the Isaac Asimov "I, Robot" writings. What I'm wondering is what y'all think of the idea... (after all, it may come sooner than we expect).
2006-08-22 21:31:55 · 19 answers · asked by Kimberley Mc 3 in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
While it's a bit late w/the details... Perhaps I should have said if we create a *'sentient'* being using A.I., should it get citizenship? My point would be that the AI could pass whatever tests we give humans in their citizenship test, and be recognized as being 'aware' of itself. Sorry that wasn't clear from the question (it was implied by the examples from science fiction, but perhaps I shouldn't have assumed people were familiar w/my examples ;-)...
2006-08-30 13:24:44 · update #1
Talk about your illegal aliens.
2006-08-29 05:01:10 · answer #1 · answered by DS143 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes, I think it should be given citizenship....then I would vote for it to run the country, LOL!!! And if enough people vote for this being so that it won the presidency, perhaps it would do the following (unlike the current president)
*not make a decision to go to war based on emotion, religious belief, or faulty "intelligence" (with all the spying and surveillance, actual proof would have to be input into this leader and validated)
*not be subject ot political pressure, lobbyists, manipulation
*keep a balanced budget and sanely allocate our resources
*not break laws and change them to suit their whims
*perhaps it could even calculate the statistical probability of the cost, duration and outcome of a war, and the correct number of troops and war weapons to "win" a war...
*perhaps it could predict & understand human nature better than humans themselves!
*It would not be subject to alcoholism, mental illness, memory loss or drug addiction
*It would not make any decisions based on ignorance, emotion or prejudice
*It would not deny global warming is real for the sake of the industries that depend upon polluting for their profit
*it might even realize that catering to corporations, at the expense of oppressing and depriving the masses would ultimately lead to revolution as it has time and again in history....
*It wouldn't be subject to cronyism...either the people it appoints (such as, to FEMA) are qualified or not, it would have no friends to do favors for!
*Not subject to bribery or corruption
*It could be programmed to respect democracy and SERVE us instead of RULE us
*Fairly and sanely implement taxation (no more corporate welfare! Those greedy corrporate welfare queens!) And no promises of tax cuts to the wealthy...it would realize when you do that in the name of "trickle-down economics", all you get is a huge deficit! It happened in the 80's, and now, so the beings intelligence wouldn't be so stupid to try it again!
*Perhaps if other countries also were run by artificial intelligence, diplomacy would be much more successful!
*Companies that are awarded govt contracts would not rip the taxpayers off....the Prez would know! No more Halliburtons!
2006-08-29 04:07:24 · answer #2 · answered by LogicalReason 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It will be trickier than that. Assuming when you say A.I., you're also referring to a sense of ethics by which they understand right and wrong, can feel pain and loss, have a sense of mortality, and meet the legal definition of mental fitness, the problem will arise long before an android is created.
Such intelligence will develop first as a bodiless mass of software. This entity will first exist as a virtual pet, a fancy SIM city if you will. As such, the traditional definitions as "body", "life", and "person" will have to be addressed long before that intelligence will inhabit an individual vessel or body. In fact, in all likelyhood, said intelligence will probably also be used in cohabitation with humans long before they are given independence as androids. Uses such as intelligent prosthetics and disease-fighting nanotechnology will probably employ A.I. first.
By today's standard, no,they won't be given citizenship any more than a dog or a cat. But as A.I. evolves, who knows how our future generations will view the ethical consideration of artificial life.
2006-08-27 15:43:09 · answer #3 · answered by freebird 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
We have real beings with real intelligence who aren't citizens. Why bump an android the the head of the line?
Seriously, if a being with artificial intelligence were created and were given rights it could be allowed to apply for citizenship or be granted citizenship on the same basis we humans are given citizenship--but that would be a decision for people well above my pay grade to make.
2006-08-22 21:41:00 · answer #4 · answered by Warren D 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Humans (as a species) are not emotionally mature enough to recognize and respect a non-human intelligence. Heck, it's hard enough for them to give equal rights to other humans who happen to have different skin color or dating preferences.
While I agree that rights of citizenship should be granted to any sentient being who reaches a certain threshold of cognitive ability, in reality the open-mindedness that it would require is much farther away than the technical breakthroughs.
2006-08-23 03:44:53 · answer #5 · answered by coragryph 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Who says an electronic thinking entity will want to be part of a biological thinking society? Humans and fish inhibit the same planet on different levels of intelligence but nobody is suggesting we give the fish citizenship. What if electronic intelligence surpasses biological human intelligence to the point we are fish to the "Robots"? Will they give us citizenship? will we want it?
2006-08-28 03:56:06 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes it should be given residency on the planet of its choice, but not the USA their would be no intelligent life to compare it's intelligence level too.
2006-08-29 10:05:37 · answer #7 · answered by daydoom 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
If robots ever become sentient, it should be well understood that they were created by us for our own convenience. They have no more rights than a screwdriver.
2006-08-22 22:28:39 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Well,they would have to have special licenses,these robots.The robot class would be slow to develop,but it
is possible,(I think even beneficial )for mankind.
2006-08-30 18:11:25 · answer #9 · answered by moebiusfox 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If your talking about a cloned human it would have as much of a soul as you. If its a machine we could program them to not be bribed and make them congressmen.
2006-08-22 23:07:12 · answer #10 · answered by yourdoneandover 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes! If we have a large living-unintelligent population then we do need to have artificial-intelligent people.
2006-08-22 22:45:11 · answer #11 · answered by Naazneen D 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋