But if the robot was designed to have human-like capacities that might incidentally give rise to consciousness, we would have a good reason to think that it really was conscious. At that point, the movement for robot rights would begin.Discriminate, discriminate:
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Don't you mean "Elevate, Elevate" or did you miss that series Pete?
Incidentally, Star Trek Voyager featured a number of rather good episodes that dealt with the related issue of Hologram rights in a world of solids. On one occasion The Doctor very nearly joined up with "his people". I await a Guardian editorial on this burning question.
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Not a new idea though is it? think of the pathos at the end of Blade Runner?
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