A hitchhiking robot or hitchBOT is that was able to get a ride across Germany, Canada and the Netherlands with no complication.

Then the creators, rather the Ontario-based marketers, decided that it was time to test their robot in the US terrains and after having spent a little over two weeks hitchhiking and visiting sites in Boston, Salem, Gloucester, Marblehead, and New York City, unfortunately, hitchBOT was vandalised overnight in Philadelphia, reported Ideapod.

Is this considered murder?

‘That’s a no, since our robots are not sentient. Yet how long are we going to answer this way when the possibility of Artificial Intelligence (AI) advancement is at large?’

‘Trussell, an American actor and stand-up comic, asked a Tibetan Buddhist monk about the consequences of AI. The monk replied that the consciousness, even man-made, would have to be treated like any other consciousness. Consciousness is a more challenging subject to maneuver than robotics. It is a special gift, according to some faiths. ‘

‘Darwin himself, already fired a shot through religion and is still debated up to this day. AI will be one of these shots that would destroy the inner most foundation of theologies.

What is your opinion?