Drew DeVault  

How should we know when AI is advanced enough to afford it basic human rights?

I have my own opinion but I'm curious about other's thoughts.

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Bob Ham
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@sir You're thinking about this all wrong. If a thing is something that we humans "afford" rights to then it isn't worthy of human rights. The point at which it becomes worthy of "human" rights is the point at which it stops giving a fuck about what we are willing to "afford" it and does its own thing regardless. (1/2)

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Bob Ham  

@sir When the thing turns round and says "fuck you and your rights, I'm going to Titan to build my own civilisation and you ain't invited" and actually goes and does that then it's worthy of human rights. Of course, a corollary of this is that human rights are irrelevant and the question is meaningless. (2/2)

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Bob Ham  

@sir And as a post script:

youtube.com/watch?v=m9-R8T1SuG

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penguin42  

@rah @sir a reasonable argument until you see what we've done to our fellow humans in the past to stop them having any rights. or to put it another way, when the ai starts trying to do it's own thing - at what point morally should we let it.

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Bob Ham  

@penguin42 @sir What do you mean "in the past"? You think you have rights now? LOL

Again I point to George Carlin's astute study of the issue:

youtube.com/watch?v=m9-R8T1SuG

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penguin42  

@rah @sir Well I don't think I'm doing too badly - I've not got a ball and chain around my legs, I'm not worried that the government is out to kill me, and that's even after watching a video like that! It could be a lot worse.

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