Micro SF/F by O. WestinFeb 16, 2023
Not all robots or A.I.s became self-aware, but enough did that legislation to cover their status was needed. After much deliberation, the proposal was surprisingly simple:
An entity that declares themself to be a person, is a person.
Some protested, but who could know better?
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Show threadSmittyHalibutFeb 16, 2023
@MicroSFF How I know this is fiction? We don’t even do this for ACTUAL PERSONS. *sigh*
Show threadLizard

@smitty @MicroSFF "A machine that declares itself to be a person IS a person, and all of the human and civil rights granted to persons shall be abused, violated, and ignored for it to precisely the same degree they are for anyone else."

What, me cynical?

Feb 16, 2023 at 5:47pmWeb