Spiritus Ex Machina: The Rights of Autonomous Artificial Intelligence by 2050
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2018-05
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The Ohio State University
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My research is a serious inquiry into the future, asking the question "What rights will be granted to artificial intelligence?" In order to examine this topic, I have created a scenario--a plausible narrative of the future-- by using contemporary events as foundational research on the potential rights of autonomous artificial intelligence. These sources include the New York Times, Quartz, Boston Dynamics, and other reputable sites. My scenario details the possible way an autonomous AI may come to being, and how it might begin to explore the world around it with emotion being connected with computational hyper-efficiency. In the scenario, the AI, named ADAM, interacts with humans on a highly intelligent, humanistic level, and witnesses the legal and social fight for his recognition as a person develop around him. My scenario examines this fight from the perspectives of ADAM, the human forces that are for and against this recognition, and other, lesser AI who band together to support ADAM's humanity. This research into the future will serve as a potential precedent, a roadmap, for contemplating and handling the advancement of autonomous AI into human counterparts in the not so distant future.
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Futurism, Rights, Artificial Intelligence, 2050, Robotics, Computing, Computer