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Hong Kong, SAR: Do Robots Have Rights?

Join fellow U of T alumni and friends for a lecture that explores the ethics of robots.

U of T Where You Are
Hong Kong, SAR: Do Sentient AIs Have Rights
  • Reception & Presentation
  • Q&A to follow

Please note that registration for this event is now closed. Please email Crystal Lo at crystalwm.lo@utoronto.ca to be added to the guest list.

David Palmer
Vice-President, Advancement
University of Toronto

and

Barbara Dick
Assistant Vice-President, Alumni Relations
University of Toronto

cordially invite you to a thought-provoking presentation by

Professor Mark Kingwell
Department of Philosophy
University of Toronto

Do Robots Have Rights?

AI has already stoked fears about surveillance and mass unemployment. Yet the possibility of creating AIs that think and feel—sentient AIs—raises difficult questions. How should we treat them? Do they have legal rights? Do we also pose a threat to them? Prof. Kingwell’s talk explores the ethics and politics of sentient AIs.

About Mark Kingwell

  • Contributing editor, Harper’s Magazine, and winner of two National Magazine Awards
  • Author of several national bestsellers, including Better Living and The World We Want, as well as a recent release, Wish I Were Here, about boredom and technology in the 21st century
  • Media commentator on political, cultural and aesthetic theory

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