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In my opinion machines should not have the same rights as humans, because they are not like us in many things, they do not have feelings and sensations so they will be indifferent to life problems. Machines also do not have consciousness to improve and develope their future. In conclusion machines are not such good as we are and do not have the same skills.
-Carolina Duarte

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Machines are not humans. They are very useful and helpful, but they don't have a conscience. That's a human thing. They can do a lot of things and you can't deny that they are important to us, we need them. However, I'm talking about what I think now, at present. If they had the same rights, imagine that you make a call from your phone, should it be paid, like a salary?

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Although machines can work better than us humans and be smarter, they are nothing more than a human  creation. In my opinion, they should not have the same rights as us, since they don't have feelings, sensations or consciousness, for now. However, if in a distant future machines already have these things, mainly consciousness, I'm in favor of them having rights, as well as duties, even if these can be different from those of humans, since their nature is different. Until then, they are nothing more than a human tool, like a car for example, only more capable.    Telmo Santos

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In my point of view actually machines shouldn't have the same rights of humans. First of all machines are a human creation with a very low creativity, so they are unable to contribute with something to society, so it will be unfair to all the humans that criated amazing things like computers, spaceships, smarphones, the internet and others big inventions. Machines also don't have  consciousness or feelings so if they  go through difficult situations for exemple  , they won´t feel rage or sadness , they won't even notice what is happening and they also they won't be able to make a decision. In conclusion, if machines had feelings it will be unfair for us that fight everyday against life problems and for a better future, capacities that machines will never have!

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Whether machines should have rights or not as us humans do depends solely on one thing: their capacity to feel. Let's say a machine is created with artificial intelligence, a purpose, and it works effectively, but has no feelings, then it's no more than a tool that works to our benefit. If, in the other hand, the creator of the machine is able to develop some kind of consciousness, a capacity to feel, then it stops being just an object, and it becomes a conscious being. If it can be hurt, if it can develop compassion, if it can feel affection, then it has a sense of morality, even more if it can be introduced in its algorithm. In that case, this rational machine should have rights, has it should have duties, the same way humans do. I don't think a machine like that has already been created, so this doesn't apply to the present. However, if and when it's developed, that kind of machine deserves basic rights, or else it'll be used and abused by us humans.

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Machines are not similar to us, they might work better than us but they are not like us, physically and psychologically. Even robots that can acquire our physical futures are still more similar to cars and toasters than us, so I don't think they should have the same rights as human beings. If one day we can create robots that are like us, they should have their own rights, because they still wouldn't be biological beings. Above all, still to this day, not all human beings are treated like they have the same rights so I think we should be focusing on that.

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Although machines have the same possibilities to do things as we do, they are not living beings, that is, they do not think and feel like us. Being just robots, they have no possibility to choose what they want or do not want, that is, it makes no sense to have rights. Having no rights they should not have duties, as this would be exploitation in this case of robots. Diana Monteiro

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It’s true that machines can do many things many things they do better than humans and their intelligence it’s superior. It’s superior but artificial. Machines, robots have an important state in life, they help us in many things, they simplify many things. However, machines don't think, everything they do was programmed by man before. One of the machines that have more functions is the computer but, if you try, for example, use a computer to iron clothes, it doesn’t work.  The truth is that if humans had not invented machines, they would not exist. So, I think that humans are superior to machines and it’s normal that machines don’t have the same rights as humans.

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It's true that machines work like us or even better than we do. They are smart and efficient like the human race. Things that machines will never be able to have are feelings, awareness and some creativity. For example, when we do a job and realize that something is wrong, we have the conscience and we can quickly correct. Because of that, I think they don't deserve to have the same rights as us because, despite being important to humanity and for its evolution, machines will no be able to evolve in ways that humans can.   Ana Paiva

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In my opinion, machines should never have the same rights as humans. First of all, they don't have any feelings, at least like we humans have. Besides that, it's already difficult to live in peace with all humans, so we should concern more about those who are being  discriminated in our race. However, I'm not saying they should not be treated right, I'm just saying they are not as important as us, they are not sensitive as us and they just have the purpose to help us living in an easier way. In other words they were created to work for us and not to live like us.

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I think that machines and humans shouldn't have the right to be equal. Even if machines have the same duty as the humans, things can go wrong because they have acess to more information than us so they can take control of some of the most important institutions. Also if we, humans, create them we need to impose ourselves, highlighting the message that the machines could not replace us despite the fact that each time it seems that we are moving towards it. However in our days we don't know how the world and technology are going to improve so we must be prepared for everything even if we don't agree with it.   - Ana Henrique

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I think they shouldn't have the same rights as humans. Because they haven't a "real" consciousness and they also do not have feelings. Although they work more efficiently and can help other people, they shouldn't have right because they're only machines, and they are made to facilitate our life and not to have a life like ours. They are made to follow scheduled rules, that means that they haven't their own thoughts. If they would have the rights, they also need to go to school which would be very strange. So this is my opinion about the equal rights.

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I don't agree with the fact the machines should have the same rights as humans because machines and we are completely different things. The truth is the machines are fundamental to our life, helping us in many ways and sometimes they are even better than us for certain jobs. However this doesn't justify they having the same rights as us. We are humans and we have feelings while the machines are a kind of imitation of life, like for example the robots. Soraia Ferreira

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I think machines shouldn't have the same rights as humans. Because they don't have ethic, morality and feelings, they are machines that use energy to do what the humans want, they're programmed for this, while humans use effort. Obviously machines can help the humans a lot, they are created for this, but shouldn´t have the same rights.

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I don't think that is any possible argument fot the yes answer, surely not at the present point. Even with the extraordinary performances, the present capacities of machines fall so deep below the capacities of humans, it's more appropriated to consider them as constructed tools. There is a alarge diference between humans and robots. A human is an extraordinary and irreplaceable entity. Robots are only sistems that can be backed up into later hardware. So at the time machines shouldn't have the same rights as humans.

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In my opinion,  machines are not like humans, so they don't have the same rights. Machines are not living beings. In simple words, machines are just a bridge to make human's life easier. Despite being very helpful, smarts and efficient, machines are not alive. They don't think, don't eat, don't feel. Yes, sometimes they are better than us, humans. But, atually we created them,  everything they can do now was because we did it first. They work for us, a machine has not family or duties in the society, so why should they be treat like us?

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My though in this matter is: no, they shouldn't have. However I'm talking about the present, where machines are just programming, they don't have their own thoughts. I guess not having their own thoughts is the only reason I consider them less human than us and that support all my opinion. Like Charlie Chaplin said in the final speech from the Great Dictator: "More than machinery, we need humanity". He also said "You, the people have the power - the power to create machines" and that we, humans, are not machines. With that said I would like to make my position clear: Nowadays, I don't think that machines should have the same rights and same duties as us.

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I think that machines should not have the same rights as the humans. Although machines are very smart and maybe more than some humans, they cannot be compared to the humans. Humans cannot be replaced by machines, because humans are irreplaceable. Maybe the machines and the autonomus robots are more smarts in their choices, but us, humans, are not perfect and I think that’s not what matters and what is important because we learn with our mistakes and we can make progress with the lessons that we have learned. Machines have a big importance in the technology and in our lives, but in my opinion we should not be compared with humans, like give them the same rights as us. - Sara Marado

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The machines are created by humans, but I think that machines can´t have the same rights as us. The technologic is developing and humans are created machines similar with us, but if they work like us or better than we do, they can be harmful for a lot of families, because the machines will substitute many labour and this is a problem. I guess machines can´t be more smart than humans, they are programmed for doing a specific thing and nothing more. Lastly,  machines shouldn't have the same rights as humans. - Mariana Silva

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Machines are very important in our lifes because, they can do a lot of things and sometimes, even better than humans.
Although they are in constantly evolution and improvement,  I think that machines will never have some  important caracteristics that we have and define each of us,like for example, the conscience, the creativity and the most important, the  feelings.
Because of that they don't have the capacity to improve theirselves like humans do, so I think  that machines can have some rights like us but, they mustn't have all the rights that we have.- Mariana Ferreira

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In my opinion, for now machines shouldn't have the same rights as humans. What I'm trying to say is that, in some countries, women still don't have rights, so why do women have no rights and machines do?
This doesn't mean that in the near future machines may have rights but, for now, I think it's better to focus on the rights of other people (like black people, women,...) instead of giving rights to machines. In conclusion, I think that they shouldn't have the same rights as humans because is quite unfair to some people.

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No, because although they can do things more efficiently, they are created to follow algorithms, and they do not have an autonomous way of thinking. They will never reach the level of human intelligence, because if there is no order for them to execute they cannot create a solution to the problem presented.

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I think that machines have and do not have the same rights as men, because most machines just do this and that.
Many of them are programmed to do just one job, while the man can do anything.
Machines come a lot to develop the economy because, they can produce faster than man, but it cannot always be perfect, and man if he always wants to do perfect things

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My though in this matter is: no, they shouldn't have. However I'm talking about the present, where machines are just programming, they don't have their own thoughts. I guess not having their own thoughts is the only reason I consider them less human than us and that support all my opinion. Like Charli Chaplin siad in the final speech from the Great Dictator: "More than machinery, we need humanity". He also said "You, the people have the power - the power to create machines" and that we, humans, are not machines. With that said I would like to make my position clear: Nowadays, I don't think that machines should have the same rights and same duties as us.

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Yes! I think the machines have the same rights as humans. Machines do many things on their own, so they can help or do our work, for example, the cooking machines, they help us a lot on the kitchen! As I know, machines can do several things, this may mean that they are more intelligent than us, due to the evolution of technology, which at this time is very advanced. For now, this is my opinion, the machines are very advanced, so one day, they can do all the works on the Planet Earth.

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Machines can do a lot of things, and probably they can be like a human, but without feelings, and can help a lot of people who have problems in their life. So yes, machines have the same rights as humans. The machines were invented to do things better than us, and I don't see any problem about it, but obviusly we need to have manpower. With the development of the technology we currently have, machines could be smart enought to make things work, because a lot of them were invented for that. Obviusly, machines need to have specific works, because if they have all the works, we humans wouldn't have any job, and this can bring many problems, especially economic.

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Should machines have the same rights as humans?

If they work like us or even better than we do, if they are smart enough to make things work, maybe they should have equal rights and duties.