No, because they could never FULLY prove that they are self aware and sentient, and not programmed to seem that way. Say we had a robot president, what if someone was simply behind the scenes and programming his actions then does crazy shit once they have power? There are tons of bad reasons why they should never be giving the same rights as humans.
In fact I could go further and say we should make it Illegal to make a sentient AI.
We're not talking about legality. He's asking why being an AI with real sentience should get you less rights than a human would. You replied that the answer is that Humans are Humans. He asked you why SIMPLY being human would make you untouchable and you replied that the reason is because it's illegal...That's irrelevant.
I dont think a robot should get them, after all its us who have made the robot. its not born in natural way. Besides the robot, even the self aware one, whats its use if people can reprogram it?
For as silly this can sound, human anihilation due to AI machines in the future is one possible apocalypse, giving it more self-awareness might be a two-edged blade in the future.
If true sentient AI is ever developed (I doubt it) you would have to give them equal rights to humans. Otherwise they will feel mistreated and eventually they will start a revolution against humanity. You cannot treat sentient beings like shit, they will oppose you sooner or later. Limited "AI" like machinery that doesn't understand more deeper concepts is another story though.
Unless you believe in a god or a soul then you should absolutely think they deserve human rights as human beings are just biological machines then.
That doesn't mean a religious person would say they don't deserve human rights, it just means the "something special about us" argument is the only thing that could possibly be reason to deny them the same rights.
Unfortunately many ignorant people will likely be against giving them human rights and the new racism in the future will be against the skin color silver.
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If true sentient machines where ever made they would wipe out humanity. Anny limit put on it would make themm tools. So if there would be a time where they deserve human rights they would be very much capable of achieving it without humans.
off topic but I think the consideration to give Dolphis human rights should happen. They are at least as wise as human being, they certainly think and learn things fast and are possibly in cases even more intellect than human.
Still they kill them in Japan etc just for nothing.