Abstract
The conferral of personhood is a choice made by legal systems, but just because it can be done, does not mean that it should. Analogies made between AI systems and corporations are superficial and flawed. For instance, the demand for asset partitioning does not apply to AI systems in the same way that it does with corporations and may lead to moral hazards. Conferring personhood on AI systems would also need to be accompanied with governance structures equivalent to those that accompany corporate legal personhood. Further, the metaphorical ghost of data as property needs to be exorcised. © Cambridge University Press & Assessment 2024. All rights reserved.
| Original language | English |
|---|---|
| Title of host publication | The Cambridge Handbook of Private Law and Artificial Intelligence |
| Editors | Ernest Lim, Phillip Morgan |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Chapter | 14 |
| Pages | 307-331 |
| Number of pages | 25 |
| ISBN (Electronic) | 9781108980197 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9781108845595 |
| DOIs | |
| Publication status | Published - 28 Mar 2024 |
Research Keywords
- Agency
- Asset partitioning
- Data
- Governance structures
- Personhood
- Property
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