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mk  ·  2834 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: European Plan: Robots Are ‘Electronic Persons,’ Should Pay Taxes

This is hilarious. I wonder if the robot can deduct repairs to itself. Maybe it can have a tax free robot repair savings account.

If a group of robots are controlled by one central brain, are they taxed individually, or as one electric person?

This is the best.





user-inactivated  ·  2834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

It's even better if you look at it the other way; are robots running more than one program (with more than one brain) taxed multiple times? Will a fork bomb get you a tax bill exceeding the GDP?

kleinbl00  ·  2832 days ago  ·  link  ·  

C'mon, guys. They'll bill it to the serial number.

OftenBen  ·  2834 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What about virtual machines?