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Seemingly not considered in the report is the incentives created for offshoring -- if you tax robots in the EU, that will just cause the companies to move the a
by dlss 10y ago
Seemingly not considered in the report is the incentives created for offshoring -- if you tax robots in the EU, that will just cause the companies to move the administrative robots to nearby countries with reduced robotic rights. Only those robots requiring decision speeds under 100ms or so would need to be kept in country, forming a sort of race to the regulatory bottom.
- duality 10y agoAlso not mentioned are potentially unforeseen implications of deeming a thing to be a person. We've seen in the United States that considering corporations to be persons in some contexts [0] has had significant ramifications. What might follow from deeming "robots" (whatever they are, exactly) to be electronic persons? If robots can have liability for damages they cause, does this in turn exempt their owner from liability? Can an electronic person even have an owner? Can the hundred million nanorobot I just stamped out all make political contributions to some preferred candidate (naturally the one most in favor or robot liberation)? Can they vote? [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corporate_personhood