During the semester we feature a technology with potential legal, social and/or ethical implications and ask: What’s your answer?
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The government of Saudi Arabia recently granted citizenship to a robot named Sophia. While this decision has been ridiculed as little more than a publicity stunt, it does raise broader questions about whether and when robots or artificial intelligence (AI) should ever be entitled to rights of any kind.
Do you think AI should or will ever be given rights? How do you see such a step occurring? What do you think will be the most profound, interesting, or disturbing implications of recognizing rights in machines?