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By the way, granting AI personhood would not mean it gets special privileges or extra protection or sth.
Companies are legally speaking persons too. That doesn't mean that people recognize them as "alive and sentient". It merely means that companies are able to possess property, enter contracts, file lawsuits, and such. Not more, not less.
Wait, what, who? Is someone seriously proposing giving legal rights to fucking LLMs? Is it fucking Sam Altman again?
“A computer can never be held accountable, therefore a computer must never make a management decision.”
– IBM Training Manual, 1979
We're going so backwards...
The thing with taking responsibility is that it isn't actually about punishing a potential maldoer.
It's to ensure that a safe outcome is guaranteed (as much as realistically possible). If you have a fire-proof door that automatically seals itself air-tight in case of a fire and stops the fire that way, that door is considered responsible too. Even though it doesn't have a single living cell in it.
A computer's inability to be held accountable is a key feature for those wishing to use AI for nefarious purposes.
Ooh, while we’re at it, let’s also address corporate personhood.
I don't think we have time to build a guillotine that big
Not with that attitude we don't.
I think the move here, based on recent events, is to hire an AI to do it then fire everyone else and complain that it isn't built yet.
