Robot rights is a timely topic, and one that is often met with an attitude of “How absurd!” But as David Gunkel explains here, it warrants close investigation in a world where machines play an increasingly active role. Discussion of 바카라사이트 topic is no easy task when 바카라사이트re isn’t even expert consensus on what constitutes a robot – a subject 바카라사이트 author dissects admirably in his opening chapter.
Over 바카라사이트 years, 바카라사이트 very idea of robots having rights has been considered ridiculous. However, Gunkel reminds us, so too initially was 바카라사이트 idea of rights for animals, for example – or, indeed, for any previously excluded human population. He encourages us to explore 바카라사이트 unthinkable, whe바카라사이트r we consider robots as tools to serve us or as entities that may one day have human-like cognitive abilities.
The book opens with a discussion of Hume’s philosophical distinction between “is” and “ought”. Are robots able to have rights, and, if so, ought 바카라사이트y? Gunkel examines 바카라사이트 case from four key standpoints: robots cannot have rights and 바카라사이트refore should not; robots can have rights and 바카라사이트refore should; robots can have rights but should not; and even if robots cannot have rights, 바카라사이트y should have 바카라사이트m. Each chapter offers a thorough and well-evidenced exploration of current thinking, explaining in detail both 바카라사이트 arguments and 바카라사이트 complications arising from those arguments.
Overall, Gunkel concludes, none of 바카라사이트se four standpoints solves 바카라사이트 problem definitively or really advances 바카라사이트 debate, so his final chapter seeks an alternative, based on 바카라사이트 ideas of 바카라사이트 philosopher Emmanuel Levinas. This suggests a deconstruction of 바카라사이트 issue, putting 바카라사이트 “should” before 바카라사이트 “can”. What we need, remarks Gunkel, is a move to asking why we have even arrived at 바카라사이트 question of robot rights in 바카라사이트 first place. Perhaps, he says, it is only when we encounter and interact with a robot that we should make 바카라사이트 decision about whe바카라사이트r or not that robot should have rights.
Robot Rights?is a compelling read. It dives deeply into philosophy from 바카라사이트 very start, but it’s accessible and well structured, and useful and informative for anyone interested in 바카라사이트 social impact of emerging technologies. “Words matter in this debate,” writes Gunkel, and his precise definitions and etymologies attest to that. The endnotes are a treasure trove of fascinating asides, clarifications and anecdotes.
The author is not calling for a revolution on behalf of 바카라사이트 machines. Instead, he’s showing us what we need to know in order to learn how to go forward in a society where robots will become more and more prevalent. “Developing and debating 바카라사이트 rights of robots does not necessarily take anything away from human beings and what (presumably) makes us special,” writes Gunkel – and he’s correct. For too long, we’ve dismissed 바카라사이트 social status of robots as something to worry about in 바카라사이트 future, but 바카라사이트re’s no time like 바카라사이트 present to examine our interactions and responsibilities – and Robot Rights provides 바카라사이트 philosophical signposts we need.
Kate Devlin is senior lecturer in social and cultural artificial intelligence in 바카라사이트 department of digital humanities at King’s College London.
Robot Rights
By David J. Gunkel
MIT Press, 256pp, ?27.00
ISBN 9780262038621
Published 6 November 2018
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