De Luca was 30 when she decided her current path wasn’t working. Forced to start at the bottom,a former Macy’s store manager and retail and furniture buyer, bravely and confidently took a job as an editorial assistant at Glamour.

To get the job at Glamour, De Luca put her past experience into a story. She explained, “People had a hard time believing I wanted to start from the beginning.” Then, not wanting to be “editorial assistant forever”, she got promoted twice in three years, constantly reminding herself of past successes whenever she began to doubt herself.

De Luca stressed the importance of learning, when one is starting over and working with people a lot younger than her. Another thing De Luca did along the way was stay stimulated. Boredom is unavoidable, and you can either allow it to take over or you can manage it. Every time she found herself starting to feel bored, she “made people aware”. Subsequently, she’d be given more work and greater responsibilities.

It’s this open communication that De Luca has continually found worthwhile-it’s also something she learned from her mother at an early age. “If you don’t ask, you don’t get,” De Luca’s mom would say, encouraging her daughter to always put herself in touch with others who may be of assistance in some way. “The people you know, especially the right people, can help you strategize and think through difficulties.”

Making a decision to change careers-regardless of how old you are isn’t easy, but it can be done. “If your mind is set on it, for others seeking a major change, De Luca suggests, “you’ll make it happen. In many ways, just knowing you’re ready for something new means your course is already in motion.

Star Wars fans would be familiar with the good relationship between humans and droids (机器人) in the movies. In the movie Solo: A Star Wars Story, Lando Calrissian risked his life to rescue his co-pilot, a female droid L3-37. In real life, a humanoid robot, Sophia, has recently been granted (给予) citizenship in Saudi Arabia. Increasingly, people are ready to see robots as resembling humans. Given this phenomenon, I believ it is necessary to consider giving robots certain rights humans enjoy.

Experts have argued that since robots have now acquired human-like qualities, it is appropriate to consider if they should have rights just as humans. Sophia has a human like face and utilizes artificial intelligence to respond to speech and express emotions. For such a lifelike being that is potentially capable of expressing emotions, does it not deserve the right to be loved and respected?

Robots should also be given legal and moral protection as harming a robot may be similar to harming humans. Since people tend to form attachments to social robots, it becomes possible for companies to control the hardware and software to exploit this emotional attachment. There is a danger that data that is stored in the robot could be uploaded to the cloud. There would then possibly be situations in which the government or private sector retrieves (检索数据) the information stored in a robotic toy or social robot. With these uncertainties, it is clear why robots should be protected, just as humans.

An even more irresistible reason to grant human rights to the robots is the protection of societal values. We should stop a young child from kicking or tearing a toy robot apart because it resembles a real life. Giving robots certain rights will ensure that societal standards are set.

Still, many have roundly argued that no matter how sophisticated (老练的) they may be, robots are still machines. It is therefore quite ridiculous to treat them as living beings and grant them rights. However, with the advancement in technology, it is a matter of time before robots are fully anthropomorphized (赋予人的特征), and we would have to consider granting them rights.

In conclusion, deciding whether robots deserve human rights is by no means an easy task, but now is the time to start the conversation on this and seriously consider the possibility.