Robots, my dear friends, are to be treated as beings too. And yes, this will become law in South Korea pretty soon.
A code of ethics is being drawn up in the country about human to robot interactions. The code will be applicable to users and manufacturers of the robots, and to the robots themselves.
The ministry of Commerce, Industry, and Energy in South Korea state that, "The government plans to set ethical guidelines concerning the roles and functions of robots as robots are expected to develop strong intelligence in the near future."
To me it's quite bizarre, especially reading Asimov's books in the past about these ethics. If you have seen or read I, Robot, then you know what I am talking about. Not only has Asimov, but other writers have written books which may or may not have exactly predicted the future, but have laid foundation for such ideas to be made into reality.
As we evolve, a lot of what we see in movies/tv, and read in books will perhaps become reality. Cool, yet scary. There are a lot of things I don't want to become real, but some I do.
Now if only if they could figure out how to do that transport thingy from Star Trek. Maybe I could save money on airfare then.
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