I just noticed that you can't outlaw robots without researching them.

[Wolfgang I]

I'm roleplaying as a Spiritualist/Fanatic Pacifist and avoided researching robot technologies.
Because of that I have no access to artificial intelligence policies.
After I integrated a vassal with one planet and I noticed that I got synthetic pops on it seems I can't get rid of those things.

I guess I have to research robotic workers first to outlaw them.
Purging is obviously out of the question.

 

[FrosT37]

Not only that, but even if you outlaw them, you can still produce robot armies...

It may be a bug though.

 

[The Founder]

Not only that, but even if you outlaw them, you can still produce robot armies...

It may be a bug though.

You also still get the Bonus for Stuff like Sentient AI.
I think those whole Robot rights will need another pass in the future.

Also note that last time I checked, getting Robot Pops via Conquest while on "Outlawed" did not automatically purge them (there was no check if they should be in purge now). I guess the new Species rights will eliminate those issues largely.

 

[Wolfgang I]

Not only that, but even if you outlaw them, you can still produce robot armies...

It may be a bug though.

I did not know that but I have never outlawed robots before.

Might be a bug . I mean xenophobes can purge xenos even if they can't kill their own kind.
A purge option "AI only" would work I guess.

Edit: I just noticed that I can disassemble droids. Looks like synthetics are the only AI poptype you can't remove easily.

 

[FrosT37]

I did not know that but I have never outlawed robots before.

With the spiritual etho, AI is outlawed by default as soon as you discover the tech. Switching to servitude will cause unhappiness.

But apparently, my pops don't care about robot armies...

 

[terrycloth]

I'm roleplaying as a Spiritualist/Fanatic Pacifist and avoided researching robot technologies.
Because of that I have no access to artificial intelligence policies.
After I integrated a vassal with one planet and I noticed that I got synthetic pops on it seems I can't get rid of those things.

I guess I have to research robotic workers first to outlaw them.
Purging is obviously out of the question.

That's why Spiritualists should never even research robots. If you don't research them, you can't outlaw them, and then your pops will happily coexist with robots that you inherit from conquered planets without complaint.

I guess the true horror only sets in once you realize how they work.

 

[Crissa]

That's why Spiritualists should never even research robots. If you don't research them, you can't outlaw them, and then your pops will happily coexist with robots that you inherit from conquered planets without complaint.

Really? That seems like a bug ^-^

I guess the true horror only sets in once you realize how they work.

Funny.

 

[AvalancheZ250]

Not only that, but even if you outlaw them, you can still produce robot armies...

It may be a bug though.

Its probably an oversight rather than a bug. Its quite obscure if you think about it, since more empires than not research at least Robots (or was it Droids?) to unlock the Robot treatment policy.