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Mar 23, 2008 - 03:56 AM |
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Accepting A.I. |
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I've often wondered if people like me will be open to considering A.I. a living thing that should have rights. If there were robots among us, would they have a right to exist or could we destroy them and only face property damage charges?
I would like to believe that the more technically savvy and technically familiar person will be more open to welcome these future beings with open arms and as having the right to exist. Would you consider a robot friend equally important as a real person?
"Yes!" id like to say. Bring on robot servants, robot friends, (and robot lovers?  )
However, when i look at it with a gamer's perspective, I find myslef thinking twice about such a decision. The problem for gamers like us is similar to what the abortion debate goes through.
In abortion, one of the main sticking points is "when is a baby is considered alive or a person with rights?". How so?
Well consider the goomba. How many has the average gamer squished without the slightest thought? A very primitive example, yes and probably wouldn't apply. But things keep getting better and better, and we will soon see very smart A.I. We can see self preservation and reproduction. What is next?
Can we really diferentiate a robotic A.I. and a mere software one? As long as there is a backup, is it ok to mistreat an A.I. and erase the event from its memory? What about our memory? The internet has taught us well its nearly impossible to UN-SEE things.
If we pass laws protecting A.I. and their hardware, will we say goodbye to game violence? Perhaps not, but It sure makes me think about what A.I will mean to me.
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