EU Wants To Redefine Robots As 'Electronic Persons'

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<p>‘As of ow, artificial i tellige ce is owhere ear as aware or as compete t as a h ma . Heck, eve the most powerf l s percomp ters lack the co scio s ess of a small a imal. We o ’t eve k ow if comp ters are capable of achievi g r ime tary co scio s ess. B t that has ’t stoppe the E ropea U io from proposi g a law that wo l efi e robots as “electro ic perso s.”</p>
<p>A motio was rece tly propose i the EU parliame t that wo l ask the E ropea Commissio to co si er “that at least the most sophisticate a to omo s robots co l be establishe as havi g the stat s of electro ic perso s with specific rights a obligatio s.” The reaso for this i ea, however, has less to o with establishi g rights for machi es that may or may ot become se tie t some ay, a more to o with mo ey.’</p>
<p><a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2016/06/e -wa ts-to-re efi e-robots-as-electro ic-perso s.html" target="_bla k">Rea more: EU Wa ts To Re efi e Robots As ‘Electro ic Perso s’</a></p>