Should Robots Have Rights? With Rob Sparrow

Published: Oct. 11, 2020, 8 a.m.

Is it wrong to destroy an AI if it can have a conversation with a human being? If a robot expresses suffering is it wrong to torture it? Should we mourn the death of a robot lover? 

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