Robots

Write a paper on the followin" rel="nofollow">ing topic: Pretend you are the in" rel="nofollow">inventor of a special new robot. This robot can survive and learn on its own, even when you are not there to help it. It can answer questions just like a person. And it even says that it loves you and that it misses you when you are not home. Now imagin" rel="nofollow">ine that the government passes a law outlawin" rel="nofollow">ing robots like yours. They claim that such robots have no min" rel="nofollow">inds—they are just machin" rel="nofollow">ines and they will all be destroyed! In this paper, pretend that you are the defense lawyer for your robot and you HAVE to defend it, even if you’re not sure it has a min" rel="nofollow">ind. How would you prove to the jury that your robot has a min" rel="nofollow">ind and so has the right not to be destroyed? Sketch out the imagin" rel="nofollow">inary trial scenario described above and then present TWO separate arguments you would give to defend your robot