Benefits Of Artificial Intelligence

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The world around us is becoming increasingly more automated. Artificial intelligence (AI) is being created at rapid rates and eventually, maybe even sometime soon, humans will have to decide whether to grant this artificial intelligence rights. The debate is prominent amongst technology experts and philosophers alike, and both sides of the argument have valid points.
Artificial intelligence is becoming more advanced and may one day have its own sense of self. University of Oxford mathematician Marcus du Sautoy claims that if the artificial intelligence has a sense of itself, it should be given rights (Dockrill). The discussion is becoming even more relevant due to current day researchers learning more about how thinking and consciousness work …show more content…

If an AI were created that fully matches human thinking and consciousness, it should definitely be granted rights. However, I am not sure how we will determine when this time comes. Also, I think it should be taken into consideration the implications of granting certain AI rights. Would it be ethical to then determine which AI were worthy of receiving rights? How would this be measured or determined? Would the AI be capable of realizing that it has or needs rights? This kind of discussion could also be brought up by watching the TV show Westworld. The AI in this show seem to be sentient and capable of free thinking but then it is revealed that everything they say and do is programmed by humans. Would this warrant the need for having civil rights?
The arguments over whether AI should be granted rights bring up philosophical topics such as Aristotle’s three levels of soul and the problem of free will. Aristotle claimed that humans have the highest level of soul and that they exhibit reason and intellect, which set them apart from plants and animals (“Chapter 3 A Aristotle Metaphysics.” 39, 40). Could we say the same of artificial intelligence? Would the artificial intelligence deserve rights even if it were not necessarily

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