US States Move to Ban AI Personhood as Scholars Push Back

Twelve US states have introduced bills since 2022 to bar AI from legal personhood, but commentators argue for keeping options open for future AI. Scholar David Manheim raises technical challenges over whether personhood should attach to a system with billions of instances or a single session that may be split, rolled back, or swapped.

2026-09-01 ~ 2026-09-01 · 2 related posts

• US States Move to Ban AI Personhood, Scholars Argue to Keep Options Open — ai_frontiers_ · 2026-09-01
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