From like 2015-2018 some cool-kid AI ethics folks were arguing, "Actually robot rights is the progressive position, without robot rights we will have Slavery 2.0!" (and yes, one of them used that exact wording). They clout-chased by mapping AI scholars' positions on a "Can robot have rights?" grid.
![Martha Ann Bomgartner (Sam Alito's balcony-adoring wife) saying "They'll be all kinds, I made a flag in my head. This is how I satisfy myself [note: Sam, is that only D you sling dictatorship?]. I made a flag. It's white and it has yellow and orange flames around it. And in the middle is the word 'vergogna.'](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:teoawuggcxnk44x7xkmbq2y5/bafkreid5vgkxclbdrkqalwgvdkkrzufkeyhyp5ldffbgliwzchn4h73zpa)
