There are a variety of views on the potential moral status of AI/robots/machines into the future.
With a quick search it seems there are arguments for moral agency if functionality is equivalent to humans, or when/if they become capable of moral reasoning and decision-making. Others argue that consciousness is essential for moral agency and that the current AI paradigm is insufficient to generate consciousness.
There are a variety of views on the potential moral status of AI/robots/machines into the future.
With a quick search it seems there are arguments for moral agency if functionality is equivalent to humans, or when/if they become capable of moral reasoning and decision-making. Others argue that consciousness is essential for moral agency and that the current AI paradigm is insufficient to generate consciousness.