Skype's Homeland Grapples with Dilemma of Robot as Legal Person

So long as and to the extent it remains the case that corporations can be legal persons, it is likely that robots will have de facto if not de jure status as legal persons. All it takes is wrapping the robot in articles of incorporation.

It's worth noting that there are aspects of corporate personhood where the corporate person enjoys more rights than a biological person particularly at political borders.

Probably premature, but if takes years to discuss it will be ready when we might need it.

Maybe it's only a way for the manufacturer/developer to say "not my fault, sue the bot" but I don't expect that and won't welcome it.