[wu-ikkyu]

It's ultimately humans behind the robots. So what we should really be wary of is the values and assumptions of those who develop the robots.

>"When machines and computers, profit motives and property rights are considered more important than people, the giant triplets of racism, extreme materialism and militarism are incapable of being conquered."

-Dr. King

[kazinator]

You cannot take away property rights and still claim that people are considered important. (Didn't King notice the word rights in property rights?)

[vkou]

Capitalism, Communism, Socialiasm, and Collectivism all have property rights. They are structured somewhat differently, but they all recognize that some things can be owned, and some cannot.

You can't build a consistent legal, or ethical system from the first principle of "Property rights are the most important right."

[ashark]

> (Didn't King notice the word rights in property rights?)

What's that supposed to prove?

[wu-ikkyu]

He didn't say "take away property rights"

[kazinator]

Yes; but rather that they aren't more important than people. Well, that is actually silly because under the right circumstances, it could be that the property (or any other) rights of person A are more important than all of person B as such. It's just trivially true when A = B (A and B are the same person). No right attributed to A is more important than A him or herself.

[wu-ikkyu]

>it could be that the property (or any other) rights of person A are more important than all of person B as such.

How would you determine this? Is this not the same argument made by slave owners?