Do you think that eventually robots will have equal rights?
I recently thought back to an article I read about Robot Rights.
A new robot pet called Pleo (I have one called Baby) had made people begin to ask for robot rights, for example, people being fined for hurting a robot. Pleo has touch sensors and can be injured with a kick or other forceful impact, my own Pleo got it's leg caught in a gap between a chair seat and back and started yowling terribly and whimpered while I stroked him until he was calmed down again.
Pleo responded almost exactly like a real animal, animals have rights, so when do you think robots should get rights? I mean, your toaster wouldn't really get them, but a robot with emotions might. And if robots that are as intelligent as humans are created, should they get equal rights?
Just curious as to what your opinion is. =)
P.S. Yes, I do love the movie I, Robot too much :P