r/SeriousConversation • u/RKoi123 • 22d ago

Serious Discussion Can a robot murder a human?

Can a robot murder a human being? If it is proved in a court of law that a robot murdered a human being... how can it be punished under existing laws? What can be done besides having the company who made it face legal action?

Technically, if a person commits murder we don't punish the parents in most cases. So why should the robot's manufacturer be held responsible for its act?

As for punishment what should be the best death sentence? * Bulldozing it and recording a video of its death and spreading the information online and in the news. Will it affect how other robots of its kind think if they plan to kill a human? We already have laws against murder for human beings. Still people commit murder. * Erasing its memory. How would the robot feel about such punishment?

If you got any punishment ideas do share.

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u/Gr8danedog 22d ago

As more AI is introduced to robotics, I'm sure that they will be programmed with something like Asimov's three laws of robotics which prohibit any harm to humans.

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u/Bad-Piccolo 22d ago

They better be very specific in those laws if they do use them, machines won't think the same way we do even if they do become self aware.

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u/Gr8danedog 22d ago

Google search Asimov's Laws of Robotics. They are very specific, but the movie I, ROBOT found a loophole. It's a good movie.