Submission + - Do electric sheep dream of civil rights?
holy_calamity writes: Hot on the heals of a UK government report that predicted robots would demand citizens rights within fifty years [BBC], an Arizona state lawyer has suggested that sub-human robots should have rights too [Newscientisttech]. Harming animals far below human capabilities is thought unethical — would you ever feel bad about kicking a robot dog? And can we expect militant campaigners to target robot labs as they do animal labs today?