When does a robot become human
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If it's not biologically human, it's not a human.theloneassassin said:
Exactly. Our primitive ancestors weren't humans. They were homo Sapiens, and before them were homo erectus, and before that....I guess Apes? (Just watched a good documentary that covered that)theloneassassin said:
That's what I was going to say.ravensheart18 said:
Once a robot or AI can officially think for itself in matters that it had no prior incentive to, and become fully self aware, I will classify it as 'alive.'
A robot becomes too human or not human enough under the brackets labeled, "uncanny valley:"
Aesthetically, anyway.
Aside from that, I don't buy the idea of an out-of-control AI. No, the reality is even worse: the AI will do exactly what it's told but, out of lack of foresight, we'll tell it to do something highly destructive.
Aesthetically, anyway.
Aside from that, I don't buy the idea of an out-of-control AI. No, the reality is even worse: the AI will do exactly what it's told but, out of lack of foresight, we'll tell it to do something highly destructive.
... when they are physically human.theloneassassin said:
i don't think that if something thinks, that makes it human.
if we made a machine that curled into a ball as a defense mechanism would it be an armadillo?
A 'ROBOT' is human once its perception is sufficiently analytical, esoteric, and introspective to recognize its flaws as personal failings, develop multiple complexes to cover said failings, impose an ego to convince its acceptance among peers, and spiral into an Oedipal coil wherein its own destruction comes as a result of its pursuit of salvation.
That, or if it reads Flowers for Algernon and cries digital tears.
That, or if it reads Flowers for Algernon and cries digital tears.
There was an episode of Star Trek: The Next Generation about this called "Measure of a Man". They ended up determining that, since Data was intelligent and self aware, and there was no way to fully determine his, or anyone elses, true conciousness (go philosophy), he was considered a sentient life form, though it was implied that he would never be fully human.
Pretty much, robots will never be human. They may reach a level where they are equal to humans, and deserving of equal rights, but robots are physically different from humans.
It has to be true. 'Cuz Picard said so.
Pretty much, robots will never be human. They may reach a level where they are equal to humans, and deserving of equal rights, but robots are physically different from humans.
It has to be true. 'Cuz Picard said so.
Good read. First thing that came to my mind was the movie Blade Runner.Koroviev said:
Robots can never be "human". Period. Robots can attain similar levels of consciousness and intelligence to pass as human though.
Basis of consciousness:
-->Self-Concept (Ability to define one's identity and identify one's self)
-->Theory of Mind (Able to differentiate between what one knows and what another knows. Recognizing certain thoughts in another even when you do not have those thoughts is also a foundation for empathy)
-->Meta-Cognition (Ability to percieve one's self percieving one's surroundings. Ability to perform tasks with or without known input)
That would make the robot conscious, but it does not make it anywhere close to human.
