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Joshua Jowitt, The Conversation

Scientists have grown brain cells that can play a video game. Now comes the ethically hard part

Should the cells have legal rights?

Joshua Jowitt, The Conversation
· Nov 05, 2022 · 09:30 pm
Ian McEwan’s new novel ‘Machines Like Me’ brings up the thorny issue of human rights for robots

McEwan questions what it means to be human – if these machines are just like me, does that mean they have rights, like me?

Joshua Jowitt, The Conversation
· Apr 22, 2019 · 05:30 pm