EMERGENCE OF ROBOTS AND ROBOTS THAT MAY HAVE ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE.

THIS IS A PREEMPTIVE STRIKE ON SOME OF THE DOWNSIDES OF

SUCH TECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES AND I THINK IT IS INTERESTING

BECAUSE THEY'VE THOUGHT ABOUT EVERYTHING FROM MAKING SURE

THAT THERE IS INSURANCE IN PLACE IF THESE ROBOTS CAUSE ANY

DAMAGE TO HAVING CERTAIN KILL SWITCHES IN PLACE IN CASE

THESE ROBOTS TURN AGAINST US, IT IS KIND OF AMAZING.

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT HAS URGED THE DRAFTING OF A SET

OF REGULATIONS TO GOVERN AND USE, I'M SORRY TO GOVERN

THE USE AND CREATION OF ROBOTS AND ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE,

INCLUDING A FORM OF ELECTRONIC PERSONHOOD TO ENSURE RIGHTS

AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR THE MOST CAPABLE A.I.

THAT LAST PART SEEMS KIND OF WEIRD, BUT WHAT IT IS REALLY

ABOUT HAS TO DO WITH TAXES BECAUSE THINK ABOUT HOW A

LOT OF EUROPEAN COUNTRIES WORK.

THEY HAVE A ROBUST SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM IN PLACE

AND IN ORDER TO FUND AND ALLOW THAT TYPE OF SYSTEM TO

THRIVE, YOU NEED TO MAKE SURE THAT EMPLOYEES PAY TAXES.

IF YOU ARE EMPLOYING ROBOTS TO DO THE JOBS THAT HUMANS USE

TO DO, THEN THESE PROGRAMS ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE THE FUNDS

NECESSARY TO MOVE FORWARD AND SO THEY ARE TRYING TO THINK OF

WAYS TO SEE IF IT MAKES SENSE FOR EMPLOYERS TO PAY A

CERTAIN TAX THAT WOULD COVER THOSE LOSSES.

LET ME GIVE YOU MORE DETAILS.

ONE PERSON WRITES, WHAT WE NEED NOW IS TO CREATE A LEGAL

FRAMEWORK FOR THE ROBOTS THAT ARE CURRENTLY ON THE MARKET OR

WILL BECOME AVAILABLE OVER THE NEXT 10 TO 15 YEARS.

THAT IS FROM A MEP FROM LUXEMBOURG.

ALSO THE CREATION OF A EUROPEAN AGENCY FOR ROBOTICS AND

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT HAS BEEN

PROPOSED.

HERE ARE MORE THINGS THAT HAVE BEEN PROPOSED: AN

ADVISORY CODE OF CONDUCT FOR ROBOTICS ENGINEERS AIMED AT

GUIDING THE ETHICAL DESIGN, PRODUCTION AND USE OF ROBOTS.

A NEW REPORTING STRUCTURE FOR COMPANIES REQUIRING THEM TO

REPORT THE CONTRIBUTION OF ROBOTICS AND ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE TO THE ECONOMIC RESULTS OF THE COMPANY FOR

THE PURPOSE OF TAXATION AND SOCIAL SECURITY CONTRIBUTIONS.

THERE IS MORE BUT THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT REALLY STOOD OUT.

SO EMPLOYERS WHO ELIMINATE THEIR ENTIRE WORKFORCE WOULD

HAVE TO PAY SOME OF THE BENEFITS THAT THEIR EMPLOYEES

WOULD'VE PAID HAD THEY KEPT THEM.

GREAT, MAKE A LITTLE LESS MONEY.

GOOD, THEY ARE BEING PROACTIVE.

I DON'T KNOW A LOT

ABOUT THIS, BUT I KNOW I SAW ALL 10 EPISODES OF WESTWORLD AND

THIS CAN GO VERY WRONG.

I THINK THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF THAT.

THEIR APPROACH IS SO MUCH BETTER THAN THE APPROACH IN

THE UNITED STATES BECAUSE HERE WE JUST KIND OF ALLOWED THE

TECHNOLOGY TO ADVANCE WITHOUT THINKING ABOUT SOME OF

THE DOWNSIDES OR RAMIFICATIONS AND THEN WE ARE LIKE, MAYBE

WE SHOULD REGULATE THAT.

KIND OF LIKE WITH THE INTERNET AND THINGS LIKE THE

GOVERNMENT SPYING ON US USING EMAILS OR PHONE CALLS AND

THINGS LIKE THAT.

LAWS THAT WE ALREADY HAD WEREN'T UP TO DATE TO DEAL WITH

THAT KIND OF SPYING, SO THIS IS KIND OF INTERESTING TALK.

I THINK THIS IS REALLY COOL BECAUSE YOU ARE SEEING EUROPE

TAKE A VERY PROACTIVE BUT ALSO CAUTIOUS APPROACH TO ARTIFICIAL

INTELLIGENCE AND ROBOTICS AND I THINK SOMETHING I THOUGHT WAS

INTERESTING WAS ALL THE DESIGNERS, PRODUCERS, AND

OPERATORS SHOULD GENERALLY BE GOVERNED BY THE THREE LAWS OF

ROBOTICS AND THAT IS FROM THE SCIENCE FICTION WRITER ISSAC

ASIMOV.

BASICALLY, THESE LAWS ARE LIKE THAT ROBOTS

SHOULD NOT BE ABLE TO KILL HUMANS, THEY SHOULDN'T LOOK LIKE HUMANS,

AND THEY HAVE THESE LAWS IN PLACE SO THAT, THEY SAY 10 TO

15, I AM GOING TO BE INTERESTED IN FIVE YEARS FROM NOW, I

THINK THIS POLICY THAT THEY ARE PUTTING FORWARD WILL LOOK

ANTIQUATED BECAUSE I THINK ROBOTS ARE ADVANCING SO FAST.

THERE WAS JUST THE NORTH AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL AUTO

SHOW THAT WENT OM AND ONE OF THE MAJOR THINGS THAT PEOPLE

WERE TALKING ABOUT WAS SELF DRIVING CARS.

I WAS THINKING WESTWORLD, BUT TO A LESSER DEGREE, WE ARE ALREADY

SEEING ROBOTS THAT NEED TO BE INSURED AND HAVE SOME SORT OF

LEGAL PROTECTION.

AND RESPONSIBILITY.

CERTAINLY A LEGAL DEFINITION.

THE SELF DRIVING CARS, THAT IS AMAZING.

I WOULD SAY THEY WANT TO HAVE THEM OUT ON THE ROAD IN 2020.

YEAH, IN FOUR YEARS.

IT SEEMS INCONCEIVABLE TO ME THAT I COULD GET BEHIND

THAT BUT I GUESS PEOPLE COMING BEHIND ME WILL GET BEHIND

IT AND THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO DON'T LIKE TO DRIVE.

THE THOUGHT OF GIVING UP THAT CONTROL, BUT THAT IS A

DIFFERENT STORY.

YOU SEE ASHLEY MORGAN, THE INTERNATIONAL LEGAL FROM

OSBORNE CLARK SAYS THE PROPOSALS WILL BE CONTROVERSIAL.

ONE COULD ARGUE THAT THE LAW WOULD GRANT HUMAN RIGHTS TO

ROBOTS AND IT IS NOT GOING IN GO DOWN EASY WITH COMPANIES

CREATING ROBOTS OF THEIR OWN.

THERE'S GOING TO BE TREMENDOUS PUSHBACK

FROM THE COMPANIES THAT ARE DOING THAT, THE VERY PEOPLE THAT

ARE BRINGING US ROBOTS.

MY IDEA IS THE WHOLE ISSUE OF PERSONHOOD HAS MORE TO

DO WITH THE LOSS OF FUNDING THAT CERTAIN PROGRAMS ARE GOING

TO EXPERIENCE IN EUROPE, BUT WHO KNOWS?

IN THE U.S., CORPORATIONS ARE CONSIDERED HUMANS.

THEY ARE CONSIDERED PEOPLE THAT HAVE FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS

SO WHO KNOWS HOW IT IS GOING TO PLAY OUT IN EUROPE.

I WANTED TO MENTION ONE OTHER THING THOUGH, THIS IS

SOMETHING I DISAGREED WITH.

ONE OF THE PROPOSALS WAS IF THERE IS A HUMANOID ROBOT

WITH GREAT ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE, VERY EFFECTIVE,

ADVANCED, THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT THESE ROBOTS ARE

NOT TOO HUMAN AND IT IS VERY OBVIOUS THAT THEY ARE ROBOTS

SO ACTUAL HUMANS DON'T HAVE AN EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO THEM.

IMPOSSIBLE, THEY CAN'T STOP THAT.

IT IS GOING TO HAPPEN.

I THINK THERE ARE A LOT OF PEOPLE OUT THERE WHO COULD

BENEFIT, EVEN IF IT IS AN EMOTIONAL ATTACHMENT TO A

ROBOT, I THINK THERE IS A BENEFIT.

IF SOMEONE IS LONELY

AND THEY FOUND LOVE WITH A ROBOT, WHY IS IT OUR BUSINESS?

WATCH HER.

JOAQUIN PHOENIX.

HER WAS GREAT.

A DISEMBODIED VOICE.

ALL THE PROPAGANDA THAT IS ALWAYS TELLING WOMEN THAT IF

YOU ARE OVER 30, SPECIFICALLY A WOMAN OF COLOR YOU ARE PROBABLY

NOT GOING TO BE MARRIED OR FIND A MATE, GET YOU A ROBOT, GIRL.

IT GOES BOTH WAYS.

WE'RE NOT EVEN TALKING, I AM NOT TALKING TO BE TRYING TO

BE CRASS, BUT THE SEX IS GOING TO BE -

AMAZING.

I WASN'T GOING TO GO WITH THAT.

SEX MACHINES ALL THE TIME IS GOING TO BE AMAZING.

YOU IMAGINE, JUST LIKE THE VIRTUAL-REALITY WORLD THAT IS

GOING TO BE DRIVEN IN LARGE PART BY THE SEX INDUSTRY THAT I

PRESUME THIS WILL TOO.

THIS WOMAN HAD A GREAT QUOTE, IF

I CREATE A ROBOT AND THAT ROBOT CREATES SOMETHING THAT COULD

BE PATENTED, DO I OWN THE PATENT OR DOES THE ROBOT?

WE'RE GOING TO GET TO A POINT WHERE ROBOTS ARE GOING TO

BE MAKING A TON OF THESE DECISIONS, KIND OF.

WE CAN ARGUE

THAT THEY ARE AUTONOMOUS DECISIONS OR NOT BUT THE

CONVERSATION, AT LEAST EUROPE IS STARTING IT.

WHAT IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO THESE PROPERTIES AND WHO IS

RESPONSIBLE, WHO IS LIABLE IN THE CASE OF, THERE WAS A 300

POUND SECURITY ROBOT THAT RAN OVER THE KID IN CALIFORNIA

THAT HAPPENED OVER THE SUMMER, THERE WAS A DISCUSSION

ABOUT WHO WAS RESPONSIBLE THOUGH OBVIOUSLY THIS IS A

LESS ADVANCED ROBOT THAN WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THAN IN

THE FUTURE, BUT WAS IT THE ROBOTS FAULT?

IT MIGHT GET TO A POINT WHERE YOU CAN BLAME A ROBOT BECAUSE

IF THEY HAVE ENOUGH ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE THERE COULD BE AN

ARGUMENT MADE WHERE SOMEONE SAID THE ROBOT SHOULD HAVE KNOWN BETTER.

I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE HOW THIS PLAYS OUT.

I HOPE I AM ALIVE.

I WANT THEM TO START BLAMING THEM FOR ALL THE CRIMES LIKE

THEY DO MEN OF COLOR AND THEN THERE WILL BE ROBOT PRISON.

THAT'S WHY THEY HAVE THE KILL SWITCH.

WE'RE NOT EVEN ENTERTAINING THE IDEA OF PRISON.

WE'RE JUST GOING TO KILL THEM.

I LOVE WHAT IT SAYS, YOU MUST REMEMBER THAT THE ROBOT

DOES NOT LOVE YOU.

THE ROBOT DOESN'T LOVE YOU.

IT'S KIND OF SAD.

I DON'T KNOW, IT MAKES ME SAD.