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A comment on Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing and influencing election.

Re:Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing a... by mahasvin on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:32AM (#18130541)
So, robots have no rights to convey messages to humans? Is that so? It might be a wiser option to enhance control over ownership of robots instead.
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Re:Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing a... by mythrowaway1124 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @10:38AM (#18130606)
Why should robots have any rights at all?
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Re:Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing a... by komali2 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @11:02AM (#18130871)
Presumably we would want actual artificial intelligence to have rights, right? I'm no fan of slavery over a conscious being.
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Re:Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing a... by mythrowaway1124 on Wednesday October 03, 2018 @12:31PM (#18131912)
I agree on that point! But I think robot consciousness is a really long way off.
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Re:Bill to ban bots impersonating people for telemarketing a... by mahasvin on Monday October 08, 2018 @11:35AM (#18168371)
You never read Asimov or Lem, weren't you? Robots should have rights, if they can make choices.
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