Europe is prepping for a world where robots need rights
 

Europe is prepping for a world where robots need rights
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With every new in**vation in the artificial intelligence space, it becomes even more tempting to imagine a near future filled with huma**id robots ready and willing to accomplish any task. After all, that's what we've been promised by sci-fi ****** and books for years.

But once our future artificially intelligent robot overlords assistants are in*****ed in society and inevitably tangled up in the stickier aspects of the human experience, what legal rights are they due, if any?

It's a central question at speculative panels for futurists — but a proposal approved by the European Parliament's Legal Affairs committee today will actually bring the debate to legislative bodies, according to CNN. * Read more...

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