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AI Personhood

It is possible to rely on current corporate law to grant legal personhood to artificially intelligent (AI) agents. Such legal maneuvering may be useful to avoid human responsibility or to further automate businesses. In this chapter, after introducing pathways to AI personhood, consequences of such AI empowerment on human dignity, human safety, and AI rights are analyzed. This chapter per the author emphasizes possibility of creating selfish memes and legal system hacking in the context of artificial entities. Finally, potential solutions for addressing described problems are considered.

Authors: Roman V. Yampolskiy

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