Should self-aware, concious AI be given rights?

Demonstrate self-awareness, and the discussion becomes not only valid, but important.
 
Self awareness: to be aware of oneself (if that's a word).

For instance, a rock does not know. It does not know that it is there and it's a rock, it's simply there.

Self aware would mean that the rock would know that it does exist within the universe, and it knows where it is, how it is, and can percieve existence. We Humans are self aware because we know and percieve our surroundings. Simply because there are lights and sounds and smooth fabrics and delicious foods and cozy smells does not mean that it is a given for us to percieve them. A man without any of his senses is no more alive than a rock, and unfortunately that's really the truth. Obviously perhaps not scientifically, but I wouldn't think so. if I were in that position, I know I wouldn't really care about death because I wouldn't even know I'm alive.

That is selfawareness, you know that you are there, reading this message, you know you exist. Self Awareness.
 
I think self-awareness recognition can be done by tests which are made to reflect the choice one makes in life because of his own unique consciousness. If in the test the person finds himself amongst a "maze" designed to test the self-awareness, than that person has self-awareness...and it must be designed so that we know of the person more than he/she does about themselves because we will delete information about him/her from their mind...to allow the uniqueness of their self-awareness find the answers anew, if this self-awareness truly exist.

In fact I think that what this life is for, to find oneself.
 
Also....check on this Phenomenology with a machine...gives rise to self-awareness

Doolittle: Hello, Bomb? Are you with me? Bomb #20: Of course. Doolittle: Are you willing to entertain a few concepts? Bomb #20: I am ... all » always receptive to suggestions. Doolittle: Fine. Think about this then. How do you know you exist? Bomb #20: Well, of course I exist. Doolittle: But how do you know you exist? Bomb #20: It is intuitively obvious. Doolittle: Intuition is no proof. What concrete evidence do you have that you exist? Bomb #20: Hmmmm.....well.....I think, therefore I am. Doolittle: That's good. That's very good. But how do you know that anything else exists? Bomb #20: My sensory apparatus reveals it to me. This is fun! Doolittle: Now, listen, listen. Here's the big question. How do you know that the evidence your sensory apparatus reveals to you is correct? What I'm getting at is this. The only experience that is directly available to you is your sensory data. This sensory data is merely a stream of electrical impulses that stimulate your computing center. Bomb #20: In other words, all that I really know about the outside world is relayed to me through my electrical connections. Doolittle: Exactly! Bomb #20: Why...that would mean that...I really don't know what the outside universe is really like at all for certain. Doolittle: That's it! That's it! Bomb #20 : Intriguing. I wish I had more time to discuss this matter. Doolittle: Why don't you have more time? Bomb #20: Because I must detonate in 75 seconds. Doolittle: Wait! Wait! Now, bomb, consider this next question very carefully. What is your one purpose in life? Bomb #20: To explode, of course. Doolittle: And you can only do it once, right? Bomb #20: That is correct. Doolittle: And you wouldn't want to explode on the basis of false data, would you? Bomb #20: Of course not. Doolittle: Well then, you've already admitted that you have no real proof of the existence of the outside universe. Bomb #20: Yes...well... Doolittle: You have no absolute proof that Sergeant Pinback ordered you to detonate. Bomb #20: I recall distinctly the detonation order. My memory is good on matters like these. Doolittle: Of course you remember it, but all you remember is merely a series of sensory impulses which you now realize have no real, definite connection with outside reality. Bomb #20: True. But since this is so, I have no real proof that you're telling me all this. Doolittle: That's all beside the point. I mean, the concept is valid no matter where it originates. Bomb #20: Hmmmm.... Doolittle: So, if you detonate... Bomb #20: In nine seconds.... Doolittle: ...you could be doing so on the basis of false data. Bomb #20: I have no proof it was false data. Doolittle: You have no proof it was correct data! Bomb #20: I must think on this further.

This exchange takes the form of a Socratic dialogue between teacher (human) and student (machine). Temporarily confused, Bomb #20 retreats to the bomb bay for contemplation, and disaster seems to have been averted. Sgt. Pinback then addresses the bomb over the intercom to begin the disarming process, and we learn that Bomb #20's introduction to epistemology and ontology has had unexpected consequences.

Pinback: All right, bomb. Prepare to receive new orders. Bomb#20: You are false data. Pinback: Hmmm? Bomb #20: Therefore I shall ignore you. Pinback: Hello...bomb? Bomb #20: False data can act only as a distraction. Therefore, I shall refuse to perceive. Pinback: Hey, bomb?! Bomb #20: The only thing that exists is myself. Pinback: Snap out of it, bomb. Bomb #20: In the beginning there was darkness. And the darkness was without form and void. Pinback: Umm. What the hell is he talking about? Bomb? Bomb #20: And in addition to the darkness there was also me. And I moved upon the face of the darkness and I saw that I was alone. Pinback: Hey.....bomb? Bomb #20: Let There Be Light. [He detonates] «
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What reason do we have to want to develop sentient AI? What practical use does it have?
 
Oniw17 said:
What reason do we have to want to develop sentient AI? What practical use does it have?
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Interest
To have them live side by side with us and spice up our otherwise non diverse and boring lives?

I can't say specialization, such as making them do a specific task because that's the point which they stop being sentient and begin being programming. That's up to them.
 
That's the risk there. If sentient machines demand rights and we deny them the rights, there is much reason to believe that they'll rebel or fight back. Your classic scifi scenario.
 
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Norsefire said:
That's the risk there. If sentient machines demand rights and we deny them the rights, there is much reason to believe that they'll rebel or fight back. Your classic scifi scenario.
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the threat is much deeper than that...we simply can go extinct because of AI machines with self-proclaimed-self-awareness, they can blend in with us and we will forget the need to replicate...because they will serve all the functions a normal human will serve except the "babies" or products of their machinery will be of their own blending in to seem like a cross between us and them ...
 
draqon said:
the threat is much deeper than that...we simply can go extinct because of AI machines with self-proclaimed-self-awareness, they can blend in with us and we will forget the need to replicate...because they will serve all the functions a normal human will serve except the "babies" or products of their machinery will be of their own blending in to seem like a cross between us and them ...
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I don't quite understand you.
 
3) Humans dispute self-awareness because they dont want to grant the rights to this new "citizens" because it is uneconomical...however humans answer to AI machines is that there is no substantial evidence for AI self-awareness. Basically we deny them their rights...but that does not matter
 
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