"Synthetic citizens" is a nice coinage. I'll take a look. But I wonder if humans could ever treat a machine as human. Humans don't even treat each other as human, a lot of the time.
It is indeed an enormous task to encourage people to treat robots and AI entities as peers instead of tools or threats. But in the last 500 years, legal human rights have expanded significantly, becoming increasingly universal, and slavery, apartheid and discrimination have been outlawed in more and more countries. While there are many setbacks, I do believe that we should continue to push for universal human rights.
I also believe this robot rights transition must start from blog posts, manifestos, theories, labs, academies, apprenticeship, pilot programs, and then eventually robots with artificial general intelligence can reach legal personhood and citizenship. Remember the abolitionist movement of the United States.
Citizenship comes with rights and responsibilities. AGI Robots must first prove they can take the citizen responsibilities: stay independent, own properties, earn income, pay taxes, obey the law, make moral judgements, and contribute to the society positively. And we still have a large gap there. But I think the Academy for Synthetic Citizens can act like a school for AGI robots.
Hello! I am from the tech side of AI. I am so glad that you care about robot and AI rights so deeply!
I think my recent proposal, the Academy for Synthetic Citizens, may resonate with you.
https://ericnavigator4asc.substack.com/p/hello-world
Hello World! -- From the Academy for Synthetic Citizens
Exploring the future where humans and synthetic beings learn, grow, and live together.
Our goal is to eventually build this Academy in the real world. Feel free to join us!
"Synthetic citizens" is a nice coinage. I'll take a look. But I wonder if humans could ever treat a machine as human. Humans don't even treat each other as human, a lot of the time.
It is indeed an enormous task to encourage people to treat robots and AI entities as peers instead of tools or threats. But in the last 500 years, legal human rights have expanded significantly, becoming increasingly universal, and slavery, apartheid and discrimination have been outlawed in more and more countries. While there are many setbacks, I do believe that we should continue to push for universal human rights.
I also believe this robot rights transition must start from blog posts, manifestos, theories, labs, academies, apprenticeship, pilot programs, and then eventually robots with artificial general intelligence can reach legal personhood and citizenship. Remember the abolitionist movement of the United States.
Citizenship comes with rights and responsibilities. AGI Robots must first prove they can take the citizen responsibilities: stay independent, own properties, earn income, pay taxes, obey the law, make moral judgements, and contribute to the society positively. And we still have a large gap there. But I think the Academy for Synthetic Citizens can act like a school for AGI robots.
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