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Comment by Joe Nicola

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Missouri state senator and sponsor of the 2026 AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act (SB 1012).
An artificial intelligence (AI) system shall be declared a non-sentient entity. A government entity shall not grant to an AI system the legal status of a personhood, nor consider an AI system to possess consciousness, self-awareness, or similar traits of living beings.
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Joe Nicola, sponsor of Missouri Senate Bill 1012 (AI Non-Sentience and Responsibility Act), Missouri Senate bill information page, 2026. The official summary says AI systems are non-sentient and that government entities may not grant them legal personhood.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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