>It would be ideal if creations like Dorothy were treated like children
>by the law. Of course, how to do this properly is much more complex.

Why? What possible relationship between children and robots could there be, save perhaps emotionally? Robots are capable of much more heinous crimes than average children (including the fact that they are equipped for extremely dangerous hacks without much danger, and the fact that their bodies are often ten times stronger and more easily repaired, let alone add-ons), and will always know what they are doing (as opposed to children, who generally do not think things through).

-Craig