For and Against: Should machines have rights?

For and Against: Should machines have rights?

For
Robots with human brain cells incorporated are entitled to rights

Expert in cybernetics
Kevin Warwick
Professor Kevin Warwick is one of the world’s leading experts in cybernetics. Based at the University of Reading, he has written several science books about the future of robotics. His latest, ‘Artificial Intelligence: the Basics’, will be published in September.

Against
Robots with human brain cells incorporated aren’t entitled to rights

Radio presenter and lecturer
Gareth Mitchell Profile
Gareth Mitchell is presenter of the BBC technology radio programme Click, and lecturer in science and communications at Imperial College, London. He is also a regular contributor to BBC Focus magazine.

This house believes robots using human brain cells are entitled to rights

Someone’s become an I-Robot fan obviously (I liked the Audi concept car but the rest is as yet SciFi):D

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