The Pros And Cons Of Universal Declaration Of Human Rights

Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that,” all human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights (UDHR). Meanwhile, the concept of human beings has been extended to non-human beings, such as animals, and to non-human entities, such as corporations, publications, and businesses (Lacy). Moreover, as of last year, Sophia-a humanoid robot built to simulate human conversation-had been granted citizenship by Saudi Arabia (Wootson). Despite their impressive capabilities, I don’t think that AI should be granted same rights as humans because at this moment A.I. has not reached self-awareness and it could be used to stop governments being responsible for their actions. At present time, A.I. has not reached self-awareness. As Raja Chatila, from the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), states,” “An AI system, or a robot, cannot have any opinion […] It’s just repeating some text that a human programmer has input in it”(qtd. in Galeon). In other words, Chatila argues that A.I. is not able to make any judgments on its own.

For foreign workers and children of Saudi women who are married to foreign man, is almost impossible to get Saudi citizenship. Even families that have been living in the country for decades are confronted by the same hardship (Wootson).In this context, giving citizenship rights to Sophia raised a lot of questions. According to Joanna Bryson, a researcher in A.I. ethics at the University of Bath, giving rights to A.I. has nothing to do with humanoid robots. In Bryson’s perspective, by giving human rights to A.I. a lot of firms will be able to“ pass off both legal and tax liability to these completely synthetic entities”( qtd. in Vincent).The basic of Bryson’s argument is that behind humanoid robots are human programmers and that A.I. can be used to shield those programmers or governments by granting A.I. citizenship