Perhaps the Terminator/Skynet concept of world domination isn't as far-fetched as one might assume. Today, robots are doing everything from service industry jobs to writing and almost winning literary prizes. The formidable advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) have prompted not just experts, but the public, to start wondering how we can protect ourselves from robots taking over. Wouldn't robots, with their ever-advancing technology that moves closer and closer to near-human intelligence and consciousness, soon need protection from humans too? This is a question that mathematician Marcus du Sautoy, from the University of Oxford, is asking. As we move closer to a reality of robots equipped with advanced AI, shouldn't they be given moral and legal protection that has, until now, been granted freely to humans?