Lawmakers want you to be able to sue robots

If a robot, acting autonomously, injures or otherwise wrongs a human, who will be held responsible? Some European lawmakers think that the best way to resolve this question will be to give robots "electronic personalities," a form of legal personhood. Proposed in a 2017 report from the European Union, this form of robot rights wouldn't give them status like that of human beings -- they're not going to get married, or buy a house, or adopt a child. But it would make it possible for self-learning robots to sue and be sued, with legal status like a corporation. Proponents say that the idea is a common-sense move, one that will be necessary to create a workable legal structure as these entities become smarter and more integrated into everyday human life.