AI granted citizenship

[mike]

Sophia was granted citizenship by the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.

The following asks questions about the wisdom if this and the precedents it might set.

An AI professor explains: three concerns about granting citizenship to robot Sophia


Social rights

Let’s talk about relationships and reproduction.


As a citizen, will Sophia, the humanoid emotional robot, be allowed to “marry” or “breed” if Sophia chooses to? Students from North Dakota State University have taken steps to create a robot that self-replicates using 3D printing technologies.


If more robots join Sophia as citizens of the world, perhaps they too could claim their rights to self-replicate into other robots. These robots would also become citizens. With no resource constraints on how many children each of these robots could have, they could easily exceed the human population of a nation.


As voting citizens, these robots could create societal change. Laws might change, and suddenly humans could find themselves in a place they hadn’t imagined.

AI Principles - Future of Life Institute

 

[mike]

Stephen Hawking Issues Terrifying Warning About AI Robots

He said: 'I fear that AI may replace humans altogether. If people design computer viruses, someone will design AI that improves and replicates itself. This will be a new form of life that outperforms humans.'
'I believe there is no deep difference between what can be achieved by a biological brain and what can be achieved by a computer. It therefore follows that computers can, in theory, emulate human intelligence - and exceed it.

 

[Randall]

For now, this is our civilization. I say "our civilization" because as soon as AI starts thinking for us, it will become AIs civilization. We are literally engineering our own intellectual obsolescence. Even worse, we're engineering something that is also faster and more deadly — something that replaces us as the apex predator on the planet. How totally stupid do we have to be to be making that happen?

Navigating the Future of Freedom and Identity – Interview with Bruce Pardy​

Continuing on the theme of Sophia the Robot . . .

 

[Richard Hawkins]

For now, this is our civilization. I say "our civilization" because as soon as AI starts thinking for us, it will become AIs civilization. We are literally engineering our own intellectual obsolescence. Even worse, we're engineering something that is also faster and more deadly — something that replaces us as the apex predator on the planet. How totally stupid do we have to be to be making that happen?

Navigating the Future of Freedom and Identity – Interview with Bruce Pardy​

Continuing on the theme of Sophia the Robot . . .

I am looking forward to the day when AI can be integrated into my brain.

 

[Gene Lionberg]

The 'takeover' didn't come from armies of robots walking down the street it came from algorithms quietly taking over our information landscape. the robot revolution turned into a silent digital integration instead. If your brain integration is proprietary hardware/software, who actually owns your thoughts? If a company can 'brick' your neural interface or stop supporting your version, you effectively lose your agency. it might just turn you into a service subscriber with no rights.