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Could an artificial intelligence be considered a person under the law?

  • Written by Roman V. Yampolskiy, Associate Professor of Computer Engineering and Computer Science, University of Louisville
Sophia, a robot granted citizenship in Saudi Arabia.MSC/wikimedia, CC BY

Humans aren’t the only people in society – at least according to the law. In the U.S., corporations have been given rights of free speech and religion. Some natural features also have person-like rights. But both of those required changes to the legal system. A new...

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