As robots rise every day in our everyday lives, EU requires new rules such as kill switches to all robots, European Parliament members recently have warned. The proposal that was passed by the EU committee also was for granting robots legal status, classifying them as "electronic persons."
Socialist MEP from Luxembourg, Mady Delvaux, started the campaign and warned that Europe is not seeing how robots can overthrow human as they increasingly grow even powerful every day with the emergence of driverless vehicles. The warning has echoes of the science fiction movie, the Terminator, where robots battle on humans.
Delvaux mentioned after a committee meeting that; "A growing number of areas of our daily lives are increasingly affected by robotics." She added, "In order... to ensure that robots are and will remain in the service of humans, we urgently need to create a robust European legal framework."
Furthermore, Delvaux proposal was passed right away by the European Parliament's legal affairs committee on Jan 11 and now scheduled for a plenary vote which will be next month. Her resolution is a huge overview for people to see how robots are slowly sneaking over into the lives of human and what EU can do to prevent that from happening.
The report's recommendations also include installing kill switch to robots to allow humans to shut down a certain robot at any time if they can see even the smallest sign of danger. Without these rules, humanity will be facing an apocalyptic scenario where robots will turn on their human masters.
Delavaux mentioned that robots can never be friends with humans no matter how emotionally can they become. She added that humans should always keep in mind that robots are not human and will never be even though they are capable of showing empathy.
A lot of automakers are already demanding to see robotic cars on the road by 2020, but one question remains if it will happen, who will be responsible in case of a car crash. The report also called the attention of the EU to help and provide jobs to million of workers who have lost their jobs due to industries are now becoming automated.
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