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Comment by Eric W. Orts

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Wharton legal studies professor
Unlike corporations, for example, which are composed at least in part of living human beings, AI is composed of massive collections and processing of the residue of human communications or artistic expressions that have occurred in the past. The technology of AI may approximate or even surpass certain human cognitive functions – using high-powered computing to process mountains of data for “learning.” However, cognitive powers alone should not, in my view, give sufficient reason to protect them with legal personality.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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AI Verified The source context makes the author's opposition clear. Just before and after the quoted passage, the article says it turns to proposals to recognize AI programs, algorithms, or agents as legal persons, that the author finds 'serious doubt,' and that AI should be handled through strict liability instead of legal personality. Because the quote is one of the author's stated reasons against giving AI agents legal personality, it establishes opposition to granting AI agents legal personhood, including in a corporation-like non-human form. · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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AI Verified Against: the author says proposals to recognize AI agents as legal persons raise "serious doubt," argues that AI’s cognitive powers are not a sufficient reason to give it legal personality, and says a better approach is strict liability rather than legal personhood; the source context also contrasts AI with corporations instead of supporting AI personhood on a corporate model. ([clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu](https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2026/03/26/people-and-persons-a-necessary-distinction-when-thinking-about-firms-ecology-and-artificial-intelligence/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago

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AI Verified The passage appears verbatim in the CLS Blue Sky Blog post “People and Persons: A Necessary Distinction When Thinking about Firms, Ecology, and Artificial Intelligence,” which is attributed to Eric W. Orts and dated March 26, 2026. The provided source URL contains the exact quoted text. ([clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu](https://clsbluesky.law.columbia.edu/2026/03/26/people-and-persons-a-necessary-distinction-when-thinking-about-firms-ecology-and-artificial-intelligence/)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 2h ago
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