Angela Merkel and her MEP chums in Europe are calling for a new law that would class robots as “electronic persons,” granting them the same rights as human beings. The new law would mean that all types of artificial intelligence (AI) would be legally held responsible for their “acts or omissions”. Express.co.uk reports: The European Parliament’s Legal Affairs Committee voted on the first ever report on robots on Friday. A draft report, proposed by Mady Delvaux-Stehres, a socialist MEP from Luxembourg, claimed current rules are “insufficient” for the forthcoming “technological revolution”, and suggests the EU should establish “basic ethical principles”. Ms Delvaux-Stehres’s resolution was easily passed by the European Parliament’s legal affairs committee, and a vote by the full parliament on the resolution is likely to take place in February. The report suggests that robots and other manifestations of artificial intelligence such as bots and androids are poised to “unleash a new industrial revolution, which is likely to leave no stratum of society untouched”. The legislation also proposes giving all AI creations a “kill switch” in a bid to ensure they “obey orders given by humans”. The bizarre robot legislation was sparked by fears AI machiners will wipe out jobs and [...]
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