European Parliament to analyze proposal to give robots legal status and responsibilities | Arlindo L. Oliveira in “Digital Minds”

arlindo oliveiraThe committee on legal affairs of the European Parliament has drafted and approved a report that addresses many of the legal, social and financial consequences of the development of robots and artificial intelligence (AI).

The draft report addresses a large number of issues related with the advances of robotics, AI and related technologies, and proposes a number of european regulations to govern the utilization of robots and other advanced AI agents.

The report was approved with a 17-2 vote (and two abstentions) by the parliament’s legal affairs committee.

Among many other issues addressed, the report considers:

  • The question of legal status: “whereas, ultimately, robots’ autonomy raises the question of their nature in the light of the existing legal categories – of whether they should be regarded as natural persons, legal persons, animals or objects – or whether a new category should be created”, advancing with the proposal of “creating a specific legal status for robots, so that at least the most sophisticated autonomous robots could be established as having the status of electronic persons with specific rights and obligations…”
  • The impact of robotics and AI on employment and social security, and concludes that “consideration should be given to the possible need to
    introduce corporate reporting requirements on the extent and proportion of the contribution of robotics and AI to the economic results of a company for the purpose of taxation and social security contributions; takes the view that in the light of the possible effects on the labour market of robotics and AI a general basic income should be seriously considered, and invites all Member States to do so;”
  • The need for a clear and unambiguous registration system for robots, recommending that “a system of registration of advanced robots should be introduced, and calls on the Commission to establish criteria for the classification of robots with a view to identifying the robots that would need to be registered;”

https://digitalminds2016.wordpress.com/2017/01/21/european-parliament-to-analyze-proposal-to-give-robots-legal-status-and-responsibilities/

História da Oposição à Ditadura 1926-1974 | Irene Flunser Pimentel

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Esta é a história da oposição ao regime ditatorial que marcou metade do século XX português. Das várias oposições, dos seus ideais e dos seus conflitos, dos seus feitos e dos seus fracassos. É a história dos homens e das mulheres que resistiram à Ditadura Militar e ao Estado Novo.

Irene Flunser Pimentel licenciou-se em História pela Faculdade de Letras da Universidade Clássica de Lisboa, em 1984. Conclui o mestrado em História Contemporânea (variante Século XX) pela Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas da Universidade Nova de Lisboa, com a tese Contributos para a História (ver mais)