Anthropic Researcher's Jab: If AIs Are Persons, Let Them Pay Income Tax
robleclerc · x · 2026-10-03
Responding to the debate over whether AI should be treated as moral persons, Anthropic's Rob LeClerc offers a pointed quip: if Anthropic wants its AIs to count as persons, then they should pay income tax—a jab at the asymmetry between claiming rights for AI while obligations stay with the company.
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