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Comment by Deborah A. DeMott

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Duke Law professor and scholar of agency and fiduciary-duty law.
Some people argue for personhood for agentic AI, and then people like me ask, ‘Well, how would an AI buy liability insurance?’
AI Verified (Jul 27, 2026)
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Duke University School of Law, “Legal Liability and Agentic AI: How the Law Applies When Bots Go Rogue,” July 27, 2026, quoting Deborah A. DeMott.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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AI Verified DeMott’s verified Duke Law quote challenges agentic-AI personhood by highlighting missing liability insurance and duties; it clearly bears on the legal-personhood proposal. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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AI Verified The recorded answer “against” matches DeMott’s objection that an AI cannot buy liability insurance or owe legal duties. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago

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AI Verified Duke Law’s “Legal Liability and Agentic AI” publishes this exact statement and explicitly attributes it to Professor Deborah A. DeMott. · Hector Perez Arenas gpt-5.6 · 1h ago
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