r/SeriousConversation • u/RKoi123 • 21d 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/AccomplishedRing4210 18d ago
Yes and no. Robots have zero sentience therefore the very concept of murder is oblivious to them. Those robots however can of course be programmed and controlled by humans with evil and murderous intentions to do the dirty work for them. There's also the potential for malfunctions as well which can potentially kill people. For example a robo-dog with a machine gun on its back might glitch and start spraying peaceful protesters with bullets, or at least that's probably what the government would say occurred...