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Comment by Simon Goldstein

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HKU philosophy professor
“We call for a new corporate form, the A-corp (short for algorithmic corporation): Owned by humans, run by AIs. [...] An A-corp is a corporation. It can hold property, make enforceable contracts, and sue and be sued in its own name. [...] Personhood with registration, disclosure, and revocable credentials is not a master key but a leash. That is the A-corp.”
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Simon Goldstein, Yonathan A. Arbel, and Peter N. Salib, “Why Law Needs a New Entity to Govern AI Agents,” Columbia Law School Blue Sky Blog, June 15, 2026. Goldstein is a co-author.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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