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Comments on: Robo-rights speculation rubbished by researchers

Mr Sharkey obviously hasn't heard of... 

Posted Wednesday 25th April 2007 14:30 GMT

...RealDolls (tm)

http://www.realdoll.com (probably NSFW)

Not tonight.... 

Posted Wednesday 25th April 2007 14:40 GMT

...i've got a terrible pain down all the diodes in my left side.

A Weapon of Mass Discussion 

Posted Wednesday 25th April 2007 14:40 GMT

Talkie Toaster not a weapon of war? Chuck 200 of them over the enemy parapets and let's see how long it takes them to surrender.

talkie toasters 

Posted Friday 27th April 2007 08:23 GMT

That is banned under the "inhumane treatment of the enemy" by the Geneva Conventions !! Far easier and cheaper to send the mother-in-law along....

Moody Robots? 

Posted Friday 27th April 2007 20:21 GMT

Has it ever occurred to those AI-proponents that building robots suffciently intelligent enough to resent their work might be a bit, well, pointless?

Property rights? 

Posted Monday 30th April 2007 08:22 GMT

Assuming we actually produce robots of such intelligence, why would "property rights" have any more bearing here than they do on the "right" to own human slaves?

Or are they hinting at something?

It's not stupid, it's advanced! 

Posted Monday 30th April 2007 20:40 GMT

I figure they are trying to replicate every aspect of the "human" worker. Resenting your job is an important aspect of work.

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