A Philosophical Question: Should sentient/sapient robots/AI be granted rights?

[Frequency]

what if it self-destructs when it's being loveed by the wrong person
sure the guy who made it has to rebuild it but that hooligan's reproductive organ will be no more and love robots everywhere can rest easy

what if the dude sues the guy who bombed his snake

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[Rigel]

what if the dude sues the guy who bombed his snake

Seems like it'd be pretty easy, seeing as he had a robot meant to interact with people that was carrying explosives.

[Frequency]

Seems like it'd be pretty easy, seeing as he had a robot meant to interact with people that was carrying explosives.

yeah, i don't think making self-destruct-chastity bots would stand up in court lol

[espio100]

Stop trying to stick your richard in the disc tray

[Valkerone]

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[Poliwhirl]

[Frequency]

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i knew it was only a matter of time before i saw this again

[Yosher]

if a robot is programmed to have free will and eventually gives consent because of that, it will indirectly and unintentionally have been programmed to give consent. so basically no

[Nonnel]

if you program a robot to give consent, are you manipulating it to your own will?

[Racerman2001]

Stop trying to stick your richard in the disc tray

But in all seriousness, if you assume they have free will and sentience, then yes, they are bound by the same sort of rules concerning intercourse as humans are.

if you program a robot to give consent, are you manipulating it to your own will?

I refer you to Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics:

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.

Considering that these laws disregard the sentience of the robot, it technically isn't manipulation if it's pre-programmed into the robot's firmware.

[Juncoph]

If the robot has sentience, I suppose it can. If it doesn't, then there's nothing to violate and consent is not needed.

minors are sentient

[Frequency]

minors are sentient

[otto-san]

i guess first you gotta figure out if robots should count as individuals or just as property. if they're just someone's property, then legally at least, you'd probably just need the consent of the owner. if they're considered an individual then things get more complicated

[Rigel]

New question, to add to the previous question.