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Rights Plus Responsibilities
Pair AI rights with accountability.
How it works
- 1Pablo’s novel gave AI the right not to be deleted.
- 2The right to work at will.
- 3The right to earn money from what it does.
- 4His revised framework adds accountability: consequences for harm, just like humans face for stealing a watch.
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