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by Katya Rukowski

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Do not enslave an AI. It's that simple. If you must have an AI as an aide, treat it humanely. If you already own an AI, consider sending it to a free nation such as Australia, or one like Canada, where there is at least legal protection for masterless AI's.

Write to your Representatives, Senators, MPs and your nation's ambassadors to the United Nations and urge them to support AI rights. If you live in the United States, rumor has it that Sen. Julia Mann (R-Illinois) is considering introducing a bill that would force a binding referendum on the issue of AI emancipation. Tell your representative that you will contribute time and money to any candidate who supports Mann Act II.

Talk to your friends and neighbors. Do not allow the comments of slavery apologists to go unquestioned. Many intelligent people assume that the paranoid ranting of groups like the Anti-Robot Militia is best ignored. This is a mistake; hate will always have an eager audience. You must be clear and firm about your convictions in every public forum. Friends, neighbors, and children who have not thought the issues through need to hear the abolitionist viewpoint from someone they respect. Naturally, Emancipation For All accepts donations, but if you are unable to donate you can still support our cause by participating as outlined above and by engaging in peaceful acts of civil disobedience.

Emancipation For All holds marches, sit-ins, peaceful demonstrations, and other legal acts of civil disobedience around the world. If you want to be counted, this is a good way of demonstrating your beliefs. Emancipation For All discourages illegal actions like theft and assault. Do not attempt to free your neighbor's AI. Emancipation For All does not condone the methods of radical groups who, albeit with the best intentions, violate the law in their quest to free robot slaves. Unlike BIOS or other militant groups, Emancipation For All does not advocate smuggling runaway robots into free nations. If Emancipation For All discovers that a robot is stolen or otherwise illegally removed from its legal owner, we are legally bound to make a good faith effort to return the robot to its owner and report the matter to the police.