Will robots ever deserve rights?

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Jay520 said:

sales2099 said:

Think that would only apply to organic, conscious beings. Hence why we own pets.

As of now, of course it does, since we haven't encountered any conscious beings as intelligent as humans or capable to communicate as well. If a monkey could think and talk just as well as an average human, I doubt you would think it fine to own one.

I see. However I think our race as a whole tends to stick together when like-minded, and are fearful of competition from others. Robots, something not even living, having the same rights that it took over two thousand years to achieve for humanity? Not gonna happen.

In the future, Xenophobia will be the new racism, and will never go out of style. Humanity FTW