I'm pretty sure that Arthur C. Clarke and Stanley Kubrick visualized this in the late 1960's in a movie (and book) called 2001: A Space Odyssey. Here's the scene in which the HAL 9000 AI is shut down under protest:
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Should AIs and AI Robots Demand Rights?
'This robot is a creature... It is a manlike being. Therefore, like any other talking, thinking man, he is entitled to a court trial!' - Eando Binder, 1939.
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Should AIs and AI Robots Demand Rights?
'This robot is a creature... It is a manlike being. Therefore, like any other talking, thinking man, he is entitled to a court trial!'