0) A robot may not injure humanity, or, through inaction, allow humanity to come to harm.
1) A robot may not harm a human being, or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2) A robot must obey the orders given to it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3) A robot must protect its own existence, as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

The Three Laws of Robotics written by Isaac Asimov. (Also, the later added Zeroth Law)

Every time I see something about a Sentient AI, I get inspired beyond belief. The thoughts gets me designing, researching updates in the field, etc, etc...

It is a dream of mine to one day be able to have a conversation about philosophy, ethics, love or any other deep subject with an artificial life form.

They say we'll have virtual reality by 2010, but a program that can learn? When will we have that?