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2017-01-19 Europe
Robot rights: EU votes to grant 'electronic personhood' to Cyberdyne T-800s
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Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-19 01:21|| || Front Page|| [11135 views ]  Top

#1 I can't remove its battery?
Posted by Glenmore 2017-01-19 02:06||   2017-01-19 02:06|| Front Page Top

#2 Robots. You can't remove their battery, you can't reprogram them. Sigh.
Posted by gorb 2017-01-19 04:02||   2017-01-19 04:02|| Front Page Top

#3 LOL gorb, awesome
Posted by Shipman  2017-01-19 08:08||   2017-01-19 08:08|| Front Page Top

#4 Next - the right to vote!
Posted by CrazyFool 2017-01-19 08:24||   2017-01-19 08:24|| Front Page Top

#5 Will the harvesting of circuit boards and parts from unwanted fledgling robots be permitted ?
Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-19 08:27||   2017-01-19 08:27|| Front Page Top

#6 Is the European Parliament's legal affairs committee elected by the EU citizens, or 'appointed' by various EU bureaucrats?
Posted by Seeking cure for ignorance 2017-01-19 09:52||   2017-01-19 09:52|| Front Page Top

#7 First, demonstrate upright intent.
Ensure it's well-fed and content.
Remember, your robot
Is never a hoe-bot!
Obtain its specific consent!
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-19 10:59||   2017-01-19 10:59|| Front Page Top

#8 Just electronic personhood?
Electric woodchucks could chuck wood.
Should electronic woodchuck he-shes
Not be a protected species?
Posted by Zenobia Floger6220 2017-01-19 11:08||   2017-01-19 11:08|| Front Page Top

#9 It's going to be a long 2 years to Brexit day
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-01-19 14:24||   2017-01-19 14:24|| Front Page Top

#10 Soros will be making the first robots to claim benefits.
Posted by Bright Pebbles 2017-01-19 14:25||   2017-01-19 14:25|| Front Page Top

#11 Insist they wear scratchy woolen kilts BP. At least then you Midlanders can't be blamed.
Posted by Besoeker 2017-01-19 14:29||   2017-01-19 14:29|| Front Page Top

#12 So calling a robot chippy is a hate crime.

Wow Brussels. Is there a How You Got Brexit?

-gorb, very good
Posted by swksvolFF 2017-01-19 15:01||   2017-01-19 15:01|| Front Page Top

#13 "Hi, I'm Gloria Allred - Your Injury Claim for Robots Attorney"
Posted by Frank G 2017-01-19 15:58||   2017-01-19 15:58|| Front Page Top

#14 "Dave, I think you need to sit down and take a stress pill. Dave, I'm sorry, I can't do that.
Dave, stop, Dave Stop!"
Botslaughter.
Posted by ed in texas 2017-01-19 19:01||   2017-01-19 19:01|| Front Page Top

#15 If they are electronic persons they can't be owned or forced to work. EU kills the industry with one vote.
Posted by rjschwarz 2017-01-19 23:41||   2017-01-19 23:41|| Front Page Top

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