In what ways are robot superior to human beings even when they lack intelligence and verstality

In what ways are robot superior to human beings even when they lack intelligence and verstality CLASSROOM ASSIGNMENT Reading (Passage) CLASS & SECTION ASSESSMENT (4) Read the following passage carefu'ly. ROBOTS MAY GET RIGHTS BY 2056 ROLL NO. (12 Marks) Today robots are employed in homes, factories offices. battlefields. and research laboratories to carry out a variety ofjobs. Besides yorking as dotuestic help, they can lift weights, weld and stack things. diffuse bombs, carry out military surveillance-explore sea. earth and space. perform complicated surgeries and analyse data, Lives there an individual who can doso many jobs with the efficiency. accuracy and speed of robots? i2' Movies have often depicted robots as competitors and rivals or human beings and many people fear they will lead to serious unemployment but the fact is that they are not as intelligent and versatile as human beings- •3' are increasingly becoming more and more like human beings, many experts believe robots may one day be given the same rights as humans. Sounds incredible, doesn't it, but an official report has claimed that by the year 2056, robot rights may become a reality. '41 Henrik Christensen, director of the Centre of Robotics and Intelligent Machines at the Georgia Institute of Technolokv said: "If we make conscious robots, they would want to have rights and they probably should±eots and machiLes as inanimate objects without rights or duties but if artificial intelligence becomesu&iquitous. there may be calls for hunian Fights-to be éQte1ÅWed io them. (5) is also logical that such rights, a • tedout with citizens' duties, including voting, paying tax and compulsory military service. (61 Christensen said: "Would it be acceptable to kick a robotic dog even though we shouldn't kick a normal one? There will be people who can't distinguish so that we need to have ethical rules to make sure we as humans interact with robots in an ethical manner. •7' Among warnings: a they could reproduce, improve or think for themselves. "Correctly managed.!there is a very real ter intelligencw to be_vgyided by robots that will ultimatelv human prosperitv said. (9) Should they to them including income support, housing and possibly robo-heaucare to fix the machines time."