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Legal Rights for Computers

Posted by michael on from the ROU-frank-exchange-of-views dept.

nicholast writes "There's a really smart story in the current issue of Legal Affairs Magazine about granting legal recognition to computers: when that might happen, why it could happen, and what a discussion about it will teach humans about themselves."

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  1. Re:Self-awareness does not necessarily grant right by AndyL · · Score: 4, Interesting

    " I had a couple of dogs that seemed to me to be self-aware. They did not have the same legal rights I did as far as I know."
    But dogs do have some rights, which brings up another interesting question that the article just barely touches on. Human rights for AI might be a long way off, but how long until there are laws against Cruelty to AIs?

    (If I tie firecrackers to an AI's tail recursion will I be arrested?)