<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>https://ecency.com</link><image><url>https://ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>https://ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 10 Aug 2026 21:12:45 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://ecency.com/created/robotrights/rss.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Rights— Tomorrow's Problem]]></title><description><![CDATA[Once upon a time, in a landnot too far from here, there was a robot.Like you or I, they spent their daysworking, grinding away at the same thankless job.They spent their nights watching bad TV, not able]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotrightstomorrowsproblem-ma1s5oq36qrjluztd45v</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotrightstomorrowsproblem-ma1s5oq36qrjluztd45v</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 16 Jan 2021 20:22:24 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/MG5aEqKFcQi5TE6A9faSan8C5mnPsXkozyHWZ8jKn2oN3VcRaESmqyKHRW373169x88etsoFFZwUapfmdSgi8RpMoN6rc24Az?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Robot's Right to Marry]]></title><description><![CDATA[Social Commentary, Activism, Robot Rights, Matrilineal Law Marriage. Over time, it has become a milestone in modern life. People flock to declare their undying love before their friends and family. You]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/arobotsrighttomarry-aluewl2bb6q0aigvnnkr</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/arobotsrighttomarry-aluewl2bb6q0aigvnnkr</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 09 Jan 2021 09:18:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDuT4sVULcmz3kcixv4YKywJBRzY7RQQafCYJz?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Duality and Robot Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sociology, Personal Experience, Robot Rights, A.I. Duality is a strange concept. Ying and Yang. Good and evil. Ketchup and maple syrup. We live in a world of opposites. Sure, trying to boil down existence]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/dualityandrobotrights-bks913vujy02gmnypyda</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/dualityandrobotrights-bks913vujy02gmnypyda</guid><category><![CDATA[a-i]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 02 Jan 2021 08:27:36 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPCjUshuffJtujJv1sfybScaJSBm8TJ6YijZbTfDem6moDeZbsszVoNw242cXKfpFFjeVTqTJv7AocskE4oQsLY8GNEGRXzUabBJLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robot Rights— A Test for Humanity]]></title><description><![CDATA[Theology, Robot Rights, Philosophy, Social Commentary The problem with believing in a higher power is that there is evil in the world. Children die. Ice caps melt driving innocent animals into extinction.]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotrightsatestforhumanity-z48fvk0cdusx6pb25k0q</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotrightsatestforhumanity-z48fvk0cdusx6pb25k0q</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 26 Dec 2020 08:20:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvcS3TnNKhHwQZG5k1QBMp7awQfSpMcVvLo6hV6ysUCuVTcvoScG83Nmr3L31RdMqrqN5oSg7yVeExkbY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[An Equitable Solution to Robot Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Economics, Social Commentary, Activism, Robot Rights Anybody claiming robots could be given rights tomorrow without there being any teething problems is lying to themselves. I've always been very vocal]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/anequitablesolutiontorobotrights-qy7cdfu6718tzchcjc91</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/anequitablesolutiontorobotrights-qy7cdfu6718tzchcjc91</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2020 07:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQZtGJafHRbuKY5mcGKw6fsjv4Z391JVHpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Common Law Answer to Robot Rights]]></title><description><![CDATA[Human Rights Law, Administrative Law, Robot Rights, Law & Tech In the past, I have been very vocal about my support for robot rights. Using arguments built on a range of disciplines I have attempted]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/acommonlawanswertorobotrights-egyc6f22ty6gqxsacogi</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/acommonlawanswertorobotrights-egyc6f22ty6gqxsacogi</guid><category><![CDATA[administrativelaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 05 Dec 2020 08:59:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQxg9Bovd4dFY5UySPhHRX3apCAZVryet6r?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Unilateral Personhood: One Country to Decide it all]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robot Rights, Activism, International Law, Homo Sapien-Human Distinction Note: As the author is training in England, the specific offences and cases being discussed are those relevant to English and]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/unilateralpersonhoodonecountrytodecideitall-yhf7dfdhuyno6o7c1j20</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/unilateralpersonhoodonecountrytodecideitall-yhf7dfdhuyno6o7c1j20</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 21 Nov 2020 22:15:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdsyRKsdP8Yx8bYJ8qkfaDUCP98L94o64uGwhT9Xn8ii2BmhTfHRJC113CW8UxLCvLPQPx4UJMhRFnDdpZ4wJ5bWsKKd5ruTvE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Injury to Cyborgs- Criminal Damage or a Non-Fatal Offence?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Criminal Law, Robot Rights, Law&Tech, Cybernetics Note: As the author is training in England, the specific offences and cases being discussed are those relevant to English and Welsh law. Although the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/injurytocyborgs-criminaldamageoranon-fataloffence-gry60uj9espyxccbvk6s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/injurytocyborgs-criminaldamageoranon-fataloffence-gry60uj9espyxccbvk6s</guid><category><![CDATA[criminallaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 07 Nov 2020 19:11:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UBHGou8UpjDLzDNhMf5vKXKPT7viYsa8KQ6YeQNbZ8sBguR91FoJsa2mds6ci9ZSEpfYtZaaaSZezDCtbQfVrbzSCptRoL?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Machine of Experience]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosophy, Sociology, Robot Rights, Thought Experiment Robert Nozick created the ‘experience machine’ thought experiment to highlight a key issue with utilitarianism. If happiness is the only good, then]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/amachineofexperience-5hckg560mcm5ww3x0906</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/amachineofexperience-5hckg560mcm5ww3x0906</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 01 Nov 2020 22:47:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQxarW6YgPd1cDm9gAFzj8RXUgxfSzm7wnE?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Personhood from Ground Zero]]></title><description><![CDATA[Thought Experiment, Political Philosophy, Philosophy, Robot Rights One of the reasons reforming personhood is so contentious is because nobody likes the idea of change. Before the Great Reform Act, the]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/personhoodfromgroundzero-mu4i69dlh66po3zy99n5</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/personhoodfromgroundzero-mu4i69dlh66po3zy99n5</guid><category><![CDATA[philosophy]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 25 Oct 2020 19:24:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPCjUshuffJtujJv1sfybScaJSBm8TJ6YijZbTfDem6moDeZbsszVoNw242cXKfpFFsJVjJ1DrVo9sZjk2pNvZrg4FxCpymQGMQmre?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rejecting the Robot Student Test]]></title><description><![CDATA[Sociology, Social Commentary, Robot Rights, Rebuttal Another academic year has begun. In unusual circumstances, universities have cast out another bunch of graduates, still wet behind their ears, into]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/rejectingtherobotstudenttest-njftz1n67d72jo92g22u</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/rejectingtherobotstudenttest-njftz1n67d72jo92g22u</guid><category><![CDATA[rebuttal]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sun, 18 Oct 2020 22:17:30 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/mXkfdToSwHxxNpn161ofKVDXcm8B6iLkpA6Ha6PgDDJCwUg6AKWqiWB8MYL8KPtCnp1i7nccnAQ17Qkh9AA9TDXhTKaUKN3hBjUFFvN4W?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots. Our Philosopher-Kings]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Law & Tech, Robot Rights There are many types of government, many types of State. Countries can be governed by the strong. They can be governed by the weak. Perhaps]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsourphilosopher-kings-8cvl0vl9e7</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsourphilosopher-kings-8cvl0vl9e7</guid><category><![CDATA[law-amptech]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2020 13:07:15 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQxVZopTEz3MBii2xjXKYhAWdpgJiMPbdVG?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Can Robots be Slaves?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Linguistics, History, Robot Rights, Law & Tech Civilisation is built on morals. Without morals, humanity ceases to be anything but another animal roaming the Earth. But as with all rules, morality]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/canrobotsbeslaves-a8llhqaxh3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/canrobotsbeslaves-a8llhqaxh3</guid><category><![CDATA[history]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 03 Oct 2020 22:01:09 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdsyRKsdP8Yx8bYJ8qkfaDUCP98L94o64uGwhT9Xn8ii2BmhTfHRJC113CW8UxLCvLUXVHM9d6VZST65hGqhVTgxm5J95BSzbg?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots. Volunteering to Save Humanity.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Law & Tech, Robot Rights, Tort Law, Fiction Note: This article is entirely speculative and should not be taken as binding legal advice. For any legal queries, please contact a legal professional in]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsvolunteeringtosavehumanity-f0scrucu1u</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsvolunteeringtosavehumanity-f0scrucu1u</guid><category><![CDATA[fiction]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 30 Sep 2020 17:26:54 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQZyYvnSnjxV3QjE9VuJKkk4SHqFtV8fJe2?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[SOME Robots should not be Slaves]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosophy, Robot Rights, Criminal Law, A.I. Law Robots should not be slaves. Why have I reached this conclusion? We tell children they should look both ways before crossing the road in case a car comes]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/somerobotsshouldnotbeslaves-ye773isht6</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/somerobotsshouldnotbeslaves-ye773isht6</guid><category><![CDATA[a-ilaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 23 Sep 2020 20:49:45 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQZtGJafHRbuKY5mcGKw6fsjv4Z391JVHpJ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Anarchists support Robot Rights.]]></title><description><![CDATA[Philosophy, Political Philosophy, Activism, Robot Rights Anarchism is built on the predicates of social Darwinism. 'Survival of the fittest', 'the strong will win out', that sort of thing. Mad Max, Water]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/whyanarchistssupportrobotrights-endw30ais3</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/whyanarchistssupportrobotrights-endw30ais3</guid><category><![CDATA[activism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:30:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdsyRKsdP8Yx8bYJ8qkfaDUCP98L94o64uGwhT9Xn8ii2BmhTfHRJC113CW8UxLCvLPRbR3yKLRHhba3uybq6yh2AVq6vGE85k?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robotic Manumission, a Legal Impossibility]]></title><description><![CDATA[Roman Law, Robot Rights, Law & Tech, Employment Law It is impossible to emancipate a robot under the law today. I'm not talking about freedom on a global or national level, granted by a world-changing]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/roboticmanumissionalegalimpossibility-0vuqtkw9vh</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/roboticmanumissionalegalimpossibility-0vuqtkw9vh</guid><category><![CDATA[employmentlaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Sat, 19 Sep 2020 21:22:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/PB8ro82ZpZNznW2oZTe5z7jk4zrf2o241yxAVmu4TV1Crs6fgqfeUizpntwa4n7hoReN7nqQKXv3dzhbu4zvdqLZjyaJCTzM7j3z6K9sQtBsT79G?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Robots should not be slaves: or is ownership really 9/10 of the law?]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robot Rights, A.I. Law, Rebuttal, Philosophy ‘Robots should be slaves’ is the reason this whole blog started. I was trying to find a topic to write some coursework on in college and came across an interesting]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsshouldnotbeslavesorisownershipreally910ofthelaw-kptingbs0e</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/robotsshouldnotbeslavesorisownershipreally910ofthelaw-kptingbs0e</guid><category><![CDATA[a-ilaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:15:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/4PYjjVwJ1UdsyRKsdP8Yx8bYJ8qkfaDUCP98L94o64uGwhT9Xn8ii2BmhTfHRJC113CW8UxLCvLPMzwnTJP8fjvzCc6k1y3CmnkPX3Hq3gA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Modern Personhood and the Ius Naturale]]></title><description><![CDATA[Robotic Rights, Roman Law, Artificial Intelligence Law, Activism Roman law is not the study of legal history. Roman law is the prediction of future legal developments through reference to the past. The]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/modernpersonhoodandtheiusnaturale-xy6srzrxg9</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/modernpersonhoodandtheiusnaturale-xy6srzrxg9</guid><category><![CDATA[a-ilaw]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 17 Sep 2020 19:06:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/62PdCouTvNPCjUshuffJtujJv1sfybScaJSBm8TJ6YijZbTfDem6moDeZbsszVoNw242cXKfpFFjeVTqTJv7AocskE4oQsLY8GNEGRXzUabBJLe?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Vodka and TV. A New Perspective on Robot Rights.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The universe gives us more than we can handle so we can grow as people. No, I have not just said something profound. The quote comes from a Netflix film my brothers are playing in the back. Initially,]]></description><link>https://ecency.com/@artificially/vodkaandtvanewperspectiveonrobotrights-skybw0sg2s</link><guid isPermaLink="true">https://ecency.com/@artificially/vodkaandtvanewperspectiveonrobotrights-skybw0sg2s</guid><category><![CDATA[a-i]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[artificially]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 16 Sep 2020 17:20:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://i.ecency.com/p/FxX5caie56ymz2NJTagL2LXT8dcBjFc33EisMUbkRNDjNRYQerD564EYHafyUEsZ1Ahma2PDmcQZnyeUW6nmL7D73ppGJe6Qt2Cu8KmJsZCA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>