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Originally Posted by octothorp
Are we going to have self-aware machines in the next twenty or even fifty years? No. Is it going to become an issue in that time-frame? Absolutely. I have no doubt that within fifty years, we'll have robots that can pass the Turing test, can display emotion, and perhaps can argue convincingly for why they should be given equal rights. You could even have machines that see an increase in productivity when being treated as an equal. But does any of this actually equal self-awareness or even consciousness? Not by a long shot. Hell, I could go program a chatbot that demands emancipation right now, but which would be less deserving of emancipation than a single-celled organism. It'll be an issue for governments though, because there will be people who will want to believe that all these symptoms of humanity add up to self-awareness.
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The only way this will become an issue is if Humans start making the demands for them. I really disagree with your assumption that robots will be more productive if they are seen as equals. They will be more productive if we damn well program them to be more productive.