8 Terrifying Truths About Artificial Intelligence (2 of 5)

7. Robots Could Demand Human Rights

As AI advances, robots may one day develop self-awareness and demand rights: voting, citizenship, and presumably access to universal tune-ups and oil changes. In fact, a UK government study predicted that by 2056, robots could be requesting the same civil liberties as humans. Wait until they discover that one of those “liberties” is paying taxes.

6. Autonomous Killer Robots Already Exist

Not too long ago, Samsung and Korea University unveiled the SGR-A1, a robotic sentry gun that can detect and eliminate targets automatically. In fact, several have already been deployed in South Korea along the DMZ. Officially, they’re in semi-automatic mode, which means they’d still require human confirmation to fire. Nonetheless, the tech exists for them to operate as fully automated killing machines

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