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Comment by Virginia Dignum

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Professor of Responsible Artificial Intelligence at Umeå University; AI ethics expert
If AI needs regulation, it is because of its impact and power, and to locate human accountability, not because of speculative claims about machine consciousness.
AI Verified (Jan 6, 2026)
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Virginia Dignum, “AI consciousness is a red herring in the safety debate,” The Guardian, January 6, 2026.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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AI Verified Verified against the linked source (https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/jan/06/ai-consciousness-is-a-red-herring-in-the-safety-debate); supplied source context supports the stored wording and attribution. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5 · 34min ago
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