ABSTRACT
This chapter examines whether robots and artificial intelligence (AI) have similar rights as human beings under the first amendment to freedom of expression and publication, and to what extent are they responsible for harm they cause through such expression and publication. It considers how intellectual property law should address works created by non-human beings independently of human direction. In the future of androids that are able to exist independently of their human creators and are able to act independently to influence the world around them, at least as imagined by science fiction authors, there is a plausible argument to recognize these entities as having rights similar to those of personhood. The theme of AI expanding from its computer to robot form also shows how difficult it is to distinguish, at least legally, between an intelligent robot and an AI system.
