Human-like machines do not deserve human rights
Not this again. Wired has an article by Daniel Roth pondering the rights we should grant to human-like machines. The article was influenced by Roth’s discomfort watching an Elmo doll giggle when engulfed in flames. He contrasts this with his lack of emotion when the crew from Office Space destroy the office printer. Because of his discomfort seeing Elmo burn he asks about the ethics of interacting with machines.
