I came across this video and thought others might find it interesting.

Really wasn't sure what board or forum to post it on, here will have to do. 

I think you make a valid point there Snowy, it was up to Commander Data in Star Trek to do that very same thing, if I remember correctly he won his rights too.

However I also feel that we, the human race, are the guardians of mother earth and it's population, some of these decisions have to be taken by us, animal rights for example, we need to stand up for those that can't yet fight for their rights.

To me, videos like this are laying the foundations for future debates and discussions.


Wouldn't that be truly awesome, right now it feels like the right hand is dropping bombs while the left hand is developing new and exciting technologies, the problem is the human in the middle 

 

Actually, in that episode of TNG, it was Picard, not Data, who fought to have Data's basic rights applied/awarded/granted. A minor point, certainly, but...


As one who has both read the book and seen the movie in the past few years, I would urge you to read the story first. Though they're sort of the same story, the film has some elements that depart greatly from Asimov's work. Both are still enjoyable, but in order to get the proper frame of reference, I think it's best to start with the written word.

It's all just theoretical anyway as we don't even know if they will want the same rights as humans - that's always assuming they even exist one day.

We can blame Fallout 4 for this topic, there is a decision to made in the story line that will have an outcome and consequences to the game.

Synthetic people - It's Sci-Fi for now but for how much longer I wouldn't like to guess, think it will happen though. Best to be prepared, just in case 

The point I was trying to make, was that in theory, if humans become synths, then synths may inherit human rights.