How Should Robot "Racism" Be Handled?

[WolfpackN64]

JRPGfan said:

WolfpackN64 said:
It doesn't depend if the robot looks like us. What I think is important is if a robot or a computer can "think" independently. As soon as a machine is capable of thought as an independent Artificial Intelligence, it's not a machine anymore.

Animals have independant thoughts too, and some are smarter than some low IQ humans.

But some countries still hunt and eat whales. Dolphines still get caught in nets.

 

Not sure if independant thought proccess will mean we ll automatically just treat them right.

Also I really hope we dont allow total independent thinking, Id like there to be restrictions (three laws of robotics by asimov).

 

this needs to happend:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey the orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Laws.

Ah, good old Asimov's law. Unfortunatly, once we can see as a robot or computer as truly having independant thought, the "machine" will be able to think outside these laws and it might even be seen as a form of mental slavery.

I know what you mean with animals, I'm vegetarian for a reason ;)