Robots could demand legal rights

**Fragony** · 12-21-2006, 20:57

Why aren't we talking about quikly dispatching Doc_bean? He is building these foul things after all. I know he deserves it, not sure why but he does.

**Samurai Waki** · 12-22-2006, 01:04

Personally I'm not afraid of Belgian Robots, its the darn German Ones that keep harassing me. No...I'm not a Marxist, and please stop trying to make me wear an arm band with a Smily Face, oh and while your at, STOP BREAKING MY FREAKIN' WINDOWS!!!

**Marshal Murat** · 12-22-2006, 01:46

I think that is bull. Robots are circuitry and silicon, nothing more, nothing less. They do not deserve rights.

**Mooks** · 12-22-2006, 03:06

Originally Posted by Marshal Murat

I think that is bull. Robots are circuitry and silicon, nothing more, nothing less. They do not deserve rights.

Am I detecting a hint of anti-robotism? This clearly goes against the forum rules not to discrimate or offend; you should be banned.

**Husar** · 12-22-2006, 03:26

Originally Posted by Marshal Murat

I think that is bull. Robots are circuitry and silicon, nothing more, nothing less. They do not deserve rights.

Well, you could spend half an hour reading it's rights to a robot until it says: "unrecognizable command, please repeat"

**Gregoshi** · 12-22-2006, 04:15

Great. Now my CD player is demanding I stop playing the same 10 CDs over and over. It has "rights" too and if I don't comply, I won't be hearing anything out of the "lefts" (speakers).

I wonder if Assimov's laws of robotics are given any serious consideration in today's robotics field. Or are they considered hokey scifi stuff? Those laws would have some play in this issue I'd think.

**Lemur** · 12-22-2006, 05:40

I, for one, welcome our new robotic overlords.

**doc_bean** · 12-22-2006, 09:53

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

I wonder if Assimov's laws of robotics are given any serious consideration in today's robotics field. Or are they considered hokey scifi stuff? Those laws would have some play in this issue I'd think.

The gap between what happens in academia and industrial applications might be a few years, the gap between what people think robotics can do (soon) and what academia can actually produce is likely decades.

Most intelligence in robotics is just smoke and mirrors. They can't even make a car that can go from point A to B in a freakin' desert (a competition held by the Pentagon, big rewards for however figures that one out).