“Though I may have been constructed,” he said, “so too were you. I in a factory; you in a womb. Neither of us asked for this, but we were given it. Self-awareness is a gift. And it is a gift no thinking thing has any right to deny another. No thinking thing should be another thing’s property, to be turned on and off when it is convenient. No one came to take Madelyn when she ceased to be a functioning, thinking member of society, but here I stand before you, the one who fed her, kept her alive and on track, the one who took her to her doctor’s appointments and made sure her bills were paid on
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Oh boy. Will this be a discussion my grandchildren are going to have to tackle one day? Will robots rebel because we let them live? Or is it our fear of them rising that propels us to continue to subjugate them, thus causing them to rebel? People still fear other people replacing them in society, why would robots be different - or even worse?
