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user-inactivated  ·  2835 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: European Plan: Robots Are ‘Electronic Persons,’ Should Pay Taxes

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  ·  2835 days ago  ·  link  ·  

What about virtual machines?