Scholar warns autonomous agents are roaming online with insufficient governance
jacyanthis · x · 2026-10-08
AI governance researcher Jacy Reese Anthis opens a long thread on digital minds and AI societies: autonomous agents are already active online while governance structures remain woefully inadequate, and legal reckoning is imminent. He cites scholars like Gillian Hadfield and Peter Salib ("AI Rights for Human Safety") and envisions fluid AI identities carving out "individuals" at multiple scales within future AI institutions.
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