Not Quite HAL 9000, But It Vacuums

Now here is a poser that an old friend of mine asked me recently: When robots do acheive artificial intelligence, and, along with it, the power of free will, will we continue to treat them as mere objects/property, or will they demand and be granted the same legal rights granted to humans? [for those with a legal background, the case of Dredd Scott, in which the US Supreme Court decided that slaves were property who could be forcibally returned to their owners even if they had successfully escaped to a non-slave state.]

We've seen all these movies about robots that rebel and kill people. I just hope we don't go down that road to make robots that are like humans. It's great to have robots to assist us, but not take over.

Re: your statement that "...maybe we are not smart enough...". Step back a bit and look at the evolution of human intelligence over many hundreds/thousands of years. After you take a good look at that consider the possibility that process could continue for many hundreds/thousands of years into th future.

An additional thought: Why isit necessary to re-standerize the "avg" for IQ tests every so often?

R. Ryan