I don't even think we should give them sentience.
I agree. The idea of us attempting to create a sentient robot leads me to wonder if it would spell our doom more than the advancement of human civilization. Humans are a fairly weak race as it is, why make things more complicated? Yes, I know we have all of our advanced technology and weapons but that only means that we have gotten far too good at killing each other off.
[Edited by Besonator, 12/29/2009 5:44:24 PM]