Good Grief, Now They're Pushing for "Machine Rights"

As if the world isn't already mad enough, the futurists are at it again, assuming that machines programmed to the level of artificial intelligence (AI) -- in other words, to self-program independently,without human input or control -- should be treated as if they were moral beings capable of rights,responsibilities, and being harmed.

An article in Nature by Hutan Ashrafianseriously proposes that AI machines could be victims of injustice. From "Intelligent Robots Must Uphold Human Rights":

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