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In law there is such a thing as legal person as opposed to natural person. When it comes to commercial law, its provisions tends to relate to legal persons.
by theonlybutlet 3y ago
In law there is such a thing as legal person as opposed to natural person. When it comes to commercial law, its provisions tends to relate to legal persons.
- unsui 3y agolegal personhood (such as corporate personhood) are tools/frameworks which facilitate certain economic actions, such as the creation of charters for specific initiatives. Like any useful force amplifier, legal personhood has effectively been co-opted to benefit those entities which stand to gain from it (e.g., corporations, large-money political donors, etc). Thus, it probably won't surprise anyone when AIs are granted legal personhood, to bypass the detrimenal effects they will inevitably have on natural persons. That said, it is likely a good thing to keep meatspace in some kind of privileged legal category, lest the rights of legal persons outweight those of natural persons (which seems to be the inevitable conclusion, and goal, of all this).
- theonlybutlet 3y agoI agree with you somewhat, in that human rights should be protected and law is just a tool, that I feel should be used to better humanity. There is a philosophical thought behind the whole idea of copyright, I suspect it'd be best to use that as a starting point rather as I'm sure it would weigh the pros and cons of your point against other factors. It fundamentally is designed to strike a balance between a creator and wider society.