Download This PaperShould Robots Be Given Rights as Well?
7 Pages Posted: 1 Aug 2019 Last revised: 20 Mar 2021
Date Written: July 30, 2019
Abstract
As computers surpass human intelligence and take on greater responsibilities, should they be given rights also? This essay considers the evolution of the Turing Test for machine intelligence and its relationship to ongoing debates about legal personality and artificial intelligence.
Keywords: artificial intelligence, Alan Turing, Turing Test, legal personality
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Chesterman, Simon, Should Robots Be Given Rights as Well? (July 30, 2019). Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3428441 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3428441
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