South Korea plans ethical code to prevent abuse of robots

[OzzyKP]

Originally posted by _BuRjaCi_
Any rational human can see that the only way to avoid a revolt by strong AI’s is to treat them as equals and, yes, hope that when they go far beyond our level they will remember our “kindness” and not wipe us out like cockroaches.

But seriously treating a strong AI like a machine, like a slave, is inexcusable and fundamentally wrong. When they achieve sentience, you’ll see me on the one million robot march, demanding that they get rights.

Fortunately the EU is quite strong on animal and human rights, so if we are not overthrown by fundies, we will probably give them similar rights to our own by 2060.

I seriously wonder how many people on this board (and in South Korea for that matter) are more concerned about rights for robots than the young people who are already living, breathing and oppressed in our midst.

Just makes me gag.

[Drake Tungsten]

I don't care about either.

[Dis]

Originally posted by Drake Tungsten
I don't care about either.

[ZEE]

let me be vary clear to yall... if robots try to revolt... i will **** them up. simple enough for ya? ethical codes? standards? I WILL PERSONALLY DESTROY THEM! I will find every robot and disassemble them beyond any type of FUBAR or SNAFU you have ever heard of! but that might just be the alcohol talking

[Dis]

it'll be fun too. because they aren't human. So you can't go to jail if you seriously abuse them. you can even rape them.

[ZEE]

dis, once again you have come up with a more clever and more funny retort than me... i say BRAVO!

but because im drunk... and because i HATE revolting machines let me say... if a damned robot comes to **** with ME i will mess it up so bad... the junk yard people will say... "what the **** is that?!? i couldnt trade that for a damned muffler!!"

[Paddy]

I have been giving this a lot of thought each morning as I cook my toast...

until they look like Tricia Helfer, they get no vote

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by OzzyKP


I seriously wonder how many people on this board (and in South Korea for that matter) are more concerned about rights for robots than the young people who are already living, breathing and oppressed in our midst.

Just makes me gag.

Well, to be perfectly honest, most people are a drag.

Robots, on the other hand, have yet to piss me off. I figure we give them marriage rights, just to piss off the Fundies...

[Paddy]

hehe

[Dis]

what next? robot porn?

[Kuciwalker]

What suggests we are anything close to replicating sentience? We're barely getting a handle on the more mundane functions of the human brain (image recognition, motor control). A robotic factory worker wouldn't ever be made sentient anyway, it'd be a disadvantage.

[Dis]

Other bodies are also thinking about the robotic future. Last year a UK government study predicted that in the next 50 years robots could demand the same rights as human beings.

Is it me, or does the UK goverment fund the most useless studies?

I'm thinking some of the numbers in the original article are overly opitimistic. robots in households in 8 years? Not going to happen. Unless you are talking about those motorized vacuum cleaners that can drive themselves. That's about all we'll see. We have those today, I just expect them to get better.

There are so many questions that need to be answered. Why have a robot? chores would be the most likely reason. So if that's the reason, why bother having a conciousness as an above post pointed out? It's a detriment. Unless people are indeed buying them for companionship, which I hope not.

They can barely get a robot to ****ing walk, and we are supposed to have them in our homes? Or south korean homes- they'll get them before us. Unlikely. It was only recently they introduced a robot that could run.

As pointed out replicating the complex human brain is pretty much impossible. Maybe in 500 years we can do it, but it's not coming soon. We can't even perfect basic motor functions. Getting a robot from point A to point B is a huge chore. And then we have to teach it do do dishes, laundry, and wipe our ass. Not to mention cooking and cleaning. This will require motor function at least as good as the human hand, arms, knees, etc.

When we do that, maybe we'll give the ****ing thing a conciousness. But why?

[Dis]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Asimo

didn't realize this was at our 2007 CES show here in Vegas. Not that I care that much. But at least the thing walks. Kind of impressive it can recognize some things.

robot falling down stairs:

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=-6947118853654187245&sourceid=docidfeed&hl=en

the important question is if it's wrong to laugh at a robot falling down stairs. What scares me is I feel bad for laughing.

[Paddy]

still no vote for it

[Q Classic]

Originally posted by Dis
what next? robot porn?

I'm sure you can find it here.

http://www.somethingawful.com/d/horrors-of-porn/index.php

Oh, those wacky Japanese...