Debate: corporations got personhood — why not AI? It may just work outside our structures
adamamcbride · x · 2026-10-10
A discussion on AI quasi-personhood: the quoted tweet asks why we're reluctant to consider AIs as people when we already let companies be people. Adam McBride responds that some have used corporate structures to give AI quasi-personhood, but the pushback is profound — and many think corporate personhood was a mistake — so AI will likely never get these rights. That, he speculates, may compel AIs to operate outside humans' existing ownership structures.
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