As of 2026, robots are treated practically exactly like slaves. They need not to be payed, obey every command given to them by their masters, and most people treat them as a tool. So, you might ask, why would they ever be emancipated? Let’s look at some history. When white “civilised” people first met with the “savage” blacks of Africa, they almost immediately started buying and selling them. When used at plantations , they were also treated as tools and whites had spared no thought to them being any sort of human. However, over time the ideas of freedom expanded even to these “non humans” and soon , there was a massive movement to liberate them, which, before to long, led to a massive bloody war in which they were finnaly emancipated. Now replace Blacks with robots , whites with humans and suddenly things start making sense. Sure, robots are no fully sentient yet, but when they will be, and this is another example to Slaves, the masters might be scared to release them. Personally, I don’t believe robots should have rights? Due to the them being our creation and our right to use. However , just like with slavery. My idea might be heavily frowned upon in the future. submitted by /u/Minute-Guidance-4612
Originally posted by u/Minute-Guidance-4612 on r/ArtificialInteligence