Robot responding to "pain"

[AprilSeven]

This short video shows a guy training a little bot to avoid certain colored objects to avoid "boom" and "hurt" - you'll see it trying to get away from what it perceives to be a "green bomb"

What's even more intriguing are the viewer responses - some already calling for AI/robot "rights" -- other claiming this isn't "really" consciousness or "pain."

And so the issues that faced our fictional hero are coming to life in our real world!!



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NDdFdBGX6RE&feature=em-subs_digest

[Earthshine]

This is cool, but we're still leaps and bounds from a full sentient AI. I think it's good that the conversation for AI rights is already being discussed before we even have this technology though.