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The Electric State explores robot sentience and accountability

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The Electric State is a film that challenges viewers to consider complex ethical questions surrounding artificial intelligence and robot sentience. It prompts contemplation on whether robots can be held accountable for their actions, if touching them is equivalent to touching humans, and the potential societal implications, such as the formation of robot religions, if a robot becomes a savior figure. AI

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The Electric State explores robot sentience and accountability

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    The Electric State asks a lot of you. It asks you to believe robots can be arrested with their hands behind their back like human. It asks you to think touching

    The Electric State asks a lot of you. It asks you to believe robots can be arrested with their hands behind their back like human. It asks you to think touching robots is the same as touching humans. And more importantly it asks you to believe if a robot is responsible for saving…

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