If you tax robots should we allow them to vote?

Published: Feb. 1, 2020, 1 a.m.

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There's a growing movement to tax robots - mechanical and software robots alike. They are, after all, threatening to take away at least a third of all jobs, with more and more white collar workers under threat from Robot Process Automation. But, if you tax a worker, shouldn't they be allowed to vote whether they're human or man-made? The principle of 'no taxation without representation' is a fundamental one. Our legal studies scholar, working for a new 'think-tank' called Democracy for Robots, believes that robots should be allowed to vote. But how can they choose who to vote for, and who would be programming their political views? An intriguing dilemma for the Digital Age.

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