February 5, 2009

"I'd rather we spend the time worrying about human rights, or even animal rights, at a time when they seem so under protected: at least we know for sure animals feel pain. For another, if the civil liberties of humans (never mind animals) continue to be violated as flagrantly and often as they seem to be now, what chance is there that robot rights, whether legislated for or not, will be in any way respected?"

From: Brains and Machines: Feeling robots' pain