Could robots be regarded as humans in future?
This paper addresses a philosophical question about the future status of robots for anyone interested in AI ethics and the definition of humanity. It is a conceptual exploration rather than a practical problem.
This paper explores the conditions under which robots might be considered human, concluding that an independent and intrinsic thinking space, similar to humans, is a prerequisite. It does not present any empirical results or concrete numbers.
With the overwhelming advances in Artificial Intelligence (AI), brain science and neuroscience, robots are developing towards a direction of much more human-like and human-friendly. We can't help but wonder whether robots could be regarded as humans in future? In this article, we propose a novel perspective to analyze the essential difference between humans and robots, that is based on their respective living spaces, particularly the independent and intrinsic thinking space. We finally come to the conclusion that, only when robots own the independent and intrinsic thinking space as humans, could they have the prerequisites to be regarded as humans.