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Tom
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No. Just because they can look and act like humans, doesn't make them human. It just means we made them that way. I'm sorry, I just won't treat a bunch of metal and plastic like another person.
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I think that would depend upon your definition of intelligent. If you just mean just really well programmed, then probably not. I think they're just very good tools. If you mean artificial intelligence, which would indicate a certain level of self-awareness, then I would say yes. I think that once you cross into that realm, it would be morally right, as the argument could be made that there exists some form of consciousness. I think it would probably go past what we currently recognize as the rights of animals to exist and not be unduly harmed, and actually come closer to what we, as people, enjoy. Maybe not completely similar, but certainly some level of civil rights.
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no but I think some advocate group will be created when the moment is right
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I love your question. It reminds me of the movie I, Robot. It's difficult to imagine a mechanical device that has the ability to think and feel. I'm thinking if technology does get there, the robots would probably have a separate set of rules, like animals do.
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Personally, I say that they do. However given that we deny civil rights to homosexuals and were loathe to grant them to women and blacks, I doubt it... unless they are white heterosexual male Christian Republican robots.
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No way. Only humans have that right.
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IF robots ever truly gain intelligence (the act to think and come up with ideas/solutions outside of pre-programmed responses) then yes, because all sentient life deserves equal rights. Whether born via a womb or created on an assembly line, if something is self-aware and able to think it has rights that should not be taken away from it.
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Not unless they're painted flat black!
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