RE: Robot Rights.
April 18, 2012 at 2:30 pm
(This post was last modified: April 18, 2012 at 2:32 pm by NoMoreFaith.)
(April 18, 2012 at 2:09 pm)Napoleon Wrote: I don't think it centres around pain. When someone is paralysed and can't feel pain do we suddenly take their rights away?
It doesn't. Which is why I used the term Harm, not pain, and they are different concepts. Being locked in a cupboard doesn't hurt you, but it causes you harm.
A robot that is self-aware will probably not have pain receptors, but being self-aware, can conceive it is being harmed.
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If you’re going to watch tele, you should watch Scooby Doo. That show was so cool because every time there’s a church with a ghoul, or a ghost in a school. They looked beneath the mask and what was inside?
The f**king janitor or the dude who runs the waterslide. Throughout history every mystery. Ever solved has turned out to be. Not Magic. ― Tim Minchin, Storm
