TED ATAKENT COLLEGE / 8-B
Should Robots Be
Accepted As ‘People’?
Mümtaz AHMETOĞLU
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Have you ever heard about rights? Or
have you ever heard about a robot
that needs rights? Do robots need any
assurance? Can we count a robot as
a human? A robot is an autonomous
machine which is capable of being
aware of its own environment, carrying
out orders to make decisions, and
perform actions in the real world.
However, robots can never make
their own decisions because a robot
is always controlled by a computer.
It means it’s always controlled by
someone or something. Human rights
are given to a person who can make
his own decisions and who can think
about his own life. Can you imagine
that your fridge talks about his rights
and wants you to pay? Or even your
phone doesn’t want to work. Isn’t
it strange that a device can’t even
decide their needs and rights? We, as
human beings, are different because
each of us has feelings and thoughts,
but robots or machines don’t have
any of them.
On the other hand, humans are social.
We have feelings, have rights because
we are always in touch with others.
Clearly, when we communicate with
others, we need rights to be on the
safe side. Robots are made for a
purpose. They don’t need rights to
exist. Moreover, robots are just devices
which make our lives easier. So, we can
never talk about a robot’s psychology.
Robots will never care about their own
psychological problems.
Considering all of the above, a robot
can never be a human being or can
never be given human rights because
robots don’t need any self -protection.
Due to this, they can’t think, they
can’t feel or even do any actions on
their own. So why should we give
them human rights? Why should we
count them as humans? There are
no answers for these questions. In
conclusion we don’t need to give a
robot any rights because they are just
created to solve problems, they are
not created to live a life as a human.