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# UK Government Study: Robot Rights
- URL: https://www.protein.xyz/uk-government-study-robot-rights/
- Published: 2006-12-30T17:00:33.000Z
- Updated: 2016-05-24T15:17:40.000Z
- Description: Robots might one day be smart enough to demand emancipation from their human owners, raising the prospects they'll have to be…
- Author: Protein
- Tags: Seeds, #protein, #Import 2024-06-11 13:15

Robots might one day be smart enough to demand emancipation from their human owners, raising the prospects they'll have to be treated as citizens, according to a [speculative paper](http://www.sci-tech-today.com/news/UK-Gov-t-Study--Freedom-for-Robots-/story.xhtml?story%5Fid=13100DNWGDRF&ref=protein.xyz) released by the British Government. Among the warnings: a "monumental shift" could occur if robots were developed to the point where they could reproduce, improve or think for themselves.

![a robot selling beer](http://www.robots-dreams.com/Image00798.jpg "a robot selling beer")