What Kind of Legal Rights Should Robots Have?

A new paper argues that courts need to keep up with technology, or risk angering our future overlords. 

  Science fiction has long consider the legal rights of artificially intelligent beings. But as robots become an increasing presence in our societies and industries, questions about the role of robots in legal decisions, how laws are applied to robots, and the concept of “robot law” itself have begun to emerge. 

Sigh...I better go surfing.