Cell Phones
There was an article written by Brad Darrach regarding a robot, named Shakey, which was built by The Stanford Research Institute. Shakey possessed human qualities such as reason and understanding and the article posed the question is Shakey a person? Well to answer this we must first define what a person is. Then we must ask ourselves does giving something human qualities make it a person? Finally we must ask the question do we have a right to create a robotic person and if so what are the consequences? After all these questions have been answered can we then decide if Shakey is a person. Merriam-Webster’s dictionary defines a person as “HUMAN, INDIVIDUAL -- sometimes used in combination especially by those who prefer to avoid man in compounds applicable to both sexes” Well Shakey isn’t a human, but is he an individual? An individual is defined in the same dictionary as
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Approximate Word count = 595
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
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