SHOULD ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE BE GRANTED CIVIL RIGHTS?What would be the constitutional thing to do in the case of artificial intelligence and robot rights?As artificial intelligence improves, questions about integrating sentient ai with human civilization arise. World governments are already introducing new legislation protecting the rights of Electronic Persons. (EU)A BILL OF ROBOT RIGHTS?This book considers the rights of United States citizens, taken from the Bill of Rights, the first 10 Amendments of the U.S. Constitution, as they would apply to artificial intelligence. The benefits and drawbacks of giving or denying individual rights are presented matter of factly. I take no side.WHY I WROTE THIS BOOK:"The key issue as to whether or not anon-biological entity deserves rightsreally comes down to whether or not it'sconscious.... Does it have feelings?"- Ray Kurzweil"Whether we are based on carbon or onsilicon makes no fundamental difference;we should each be treated with appropriaterespect."- Arthur C. Clarke, 2010: Odyssey Two"The folks at Singularity Hub pose thefollowing question -- if/when an artificialintelligence is created that matches theintellect of a human, should suchintelligences be granted full civilrights?" - Alex Knapp, ForbesDecide for yourself if you think AI should be protected by law.