Robot kill switches & legal status: MEPs endorse AI proposal

The draft report, approved by 17 votes to two and two abstentions by the European Parliament Committee on Legal Affairs, proposes that "The most sophisticated autonomous robots could be established as having the status of electronic persons with specific rights and obligations, including that of making good any damage they may cause." My report on#robotics adopted today including a debate on tax and social system and the possible introduction of a general basic income! Authored by Luxembourg MEP Mady Delvaux, the report proposes definitions and outlines rules to govern how robots interact with humans "now that humankind stands on the threshold of an era" that it claims will see artificial intelligence (AI) "unleash a new industrial revolution." Press release after today's vote at @EP_Legal:"#Robots: Legal Affairs Committee calls for EU-wide rules" https://t.co/XTm7Bico9d AI developers will have to ensure their creations follow a set of rules that prohibit them from harming a human or allowing a human to come to harm through their inaction.