1 General Introduction.
1.1 General Line of Argumentation.
1.2 The Caveat.
1.3 Extreme Scepticism and Robot Rights.
1.3.1 A Plea for Human Exceptionalism.
1.3.2 The Mindless Morality View.
1.3.3 Open-mindedness.
References.
2 What Is Artificial Intelligence?.
2.1 Introduction.
2.2 Defining Artificial Intelligence.
2.3 Artificial Intelligence and Ethics.
2.3.1 Three Developmental Periods.
2.3.2 The Ethics of Artificial Intelligence.
2.4 Weak and Strong Artificial Intelligence.
2.5 Superintelligence.
2.6 Conclusions.
References.
3 What Are Human Rights?.
3.1 Introduction.
3.2 What Are Human Rights?.
3.2.1 The Concept of Human Rights.
3.2.2 The Main Features of Human Rights.
3.2.3 Different Types of Human RightsA Classification.
3.3 Moral and Legal Human Rights.
3.4 Human Rights and Personhood.
3.4.1 The Human DNA Argument.
3.4.2 The Human Dignity Argument.
3.5 Conclusions.
References.
4 The Impact of Artificial Intelligence on Human Rights.
4.1 Introduction.
4.2 Artificial Intelligence and Human RightsAn Overview.
4.3 Universal Declaration of Human RightsAbridged Version.
4.4 Zones of Conflict IMachines Violate Human Rights.
4.4.1 Table.
4.4.2 Comments.
4.4.3 Table.
4.4.4 Comments.
4.4.5 Table.
4.4.6 Comments.
4.5 Zones of Conflict IIHumans Violate Machine Rights.
4.5.1 Table.
4.5.2 Comments.
4.6 Conclusions.
References.
5 Moving Towards a Universal Convention for the Rights of AI Systems.
5.1 Introduction.
5.2 The Significance of Moral Status.
5.3 Machine Rights as Fundamental Rights.
5.4 The Idea of an AI Convention.
5.5 The Problem of Design.
5.6 Conclusions.
References.
6 Objections.
6.1 Introduction.
6.2 The Dark Side of Superintelligence.
6.3 Human Rights Are for Humans and Not Machines.
6.4 The Argument from Artificial Servitude.
6.5 Conclusions.
References.
7 General Conclusions.
