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Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of Microprocessors
Submitted by dr™ on December 20, 2006 - 12:57am.Though we are already fully integrated and essential to day-to-day life, robots do not yet enjoy the same rights as humans. That will change one day soon, according to a new UK government-commissioned report mentioned in this article. I for one welcome this news and look forward to the day when "states will be obligated to provide full social benefits to [us] including income support, housing and possibly robo-healthcare to fix the machines over time."