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The algorithmic blind spot: bias, moral status, and the future of robot rights

algorithmic bias and robot rightsAcademic

Assessment outcome

total 4/6 (actionability 1 + authority 1 + currency 2)

Total4/6
Actionability1/2
Authority1/2
Currency2/2

Authorship & scope

Attribution (G4 evidence)

No evidence recorded for this source.

Issuer authority (evidence)

No evidence recorded for this source.

Issuers, who it governs, legal force and content are on the full record.

Eligibility gates

G1 · Retrievablepass

Passed in screening.

G2 · AI nexuspass

Passed in screening.

G3 · Governance nexuspass

Passed in screening.

G4 · Attributablepass

Passed in screening.

G5 · In forcepass

Passed in screening.

Scored criteria

Actionability

1/2

No rationale recorded.

Addressing the algorithmic blind spot, we argue, requires re-centering ethical evaluation on human impacts, institutional responsibility, and the governance of algorithmic systems currently in operation.

Authority

1/2

No rationale recorded.

Vol.:(0123456789) AI & SOCIETY (2026) 41:6973–6983 https://doi.org/10.1007/s00146-026-03003-y REVIEW The algorithmic blind spot: bias, moral status, and the future of robot rights Rahulrajan Karthikeyan1 · Moses Boudourides2 Received: 21 December 2025 / Accepted: 18 March 2026 / Published online: 2 April 2026

Currency

2/2

No rationale recorded.

Classification

Coverage topicalgorithmic bias and robot rights
PerspectiveAcademic
Lifecycle stageN/A cross-cutting
Layerboth
GranularityNot recorded