![]() Sarah’s mother buys the latest android, the Jenson & Jenson TrooFriend 560Mark IV as a companion for her daughter. It’s a fascinating territory, and the subject of this title. The thinking, derived from Sentientism, is that any AI displaying evidence of being sentient should be entitled to the same moral rights as humans. Similar in principle to human rights and animal rights, robot rights are based on the concept that humans have obligations towards their machines. I got entangled in philosophical musings about robot rights. Perhaps the idea isn’t just a subject for Science Fiction.Īround the same time as watching the news report, I was also researching for a nonfiction book about robots. And then a colleague related an anecdote about discovering her daughter engaging in an extended joke-telling session with the family Alexa. On the one hand, it seems dystopian to advocate care for the elderly to a machine, but with an ageing population and the likelihood of a shortfall of young people to look after them, could this be a solution? I was fascinated to see the animated interaction between pensioner Bill and his robot Pippa in the news story. I have been intrigued by the potential for androids to meet human social needs ever since watching a BBC news item about robots providing empathic companionship for the elderly. ![]() ![]() TrooFriend is the latest title from Kirsty Applebaum. ![]()
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