Extending Legal Rights to Social Robots
Kate Darling
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory
April 23, 2012
We Robot Conference, University of Miami, April 2012
Abstract:
People tend to anthropomorphize robots that interact with humans on a social level. This Article explores whether projecting emotions onto objects could lead to an extension of limited legal rights to robotic companions, analogous to animal abuse laws.
Number of Pages in PDF File: 18
Keywords: Social robotics, anthropomorphism, law, ethics, animal abuse
working papers series
Date posted: August 28, 2012
Suggested Citation
Darling, Kate, Extending Legal Rights to Social Robots (April 23, 2012). We Robot Conference, University of Miami, April 2012. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2044797
Contact Information
Kate Darling (Contact Author)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - MIT Media Laboratory ( email )
20 Ames St.
Cambridge, MA 02139-4307
United States
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NOTA DESTE BLOGGER:
E eu pensei que já tinha visto de tudo neste mundo. Se seres humanos com direitos legais à vida, ultimamente sendo revistos, são assassinados nos ventres de mulheres, estender agora direitos legais a robôs???