Robot Ethics Charter
I guess it's that time in the evolution of our civilization when we need to start thinking about the ethics of the relationships we have with our automated friends.
To this end, South Korea is drawing up a Robot Ethics Charter that aims to preserve the rights of both humans and robots. Perhaps it's now a little premature to get world governments involved in this sort of thing, but eventually, establishing the roles of robots in our lives will be a necessary step toward maintaining good relations with those lovable buckets of bolts.
I'm looking forward to reading about how this progresses.