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Comment by Austin Smith

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AI governance researcher at GovAI; former Pivotal Research AI Safety Fellow studying digital-minds policy and AI legal status.
Legislating against AI personhood this early eliminates policy options, risks unforeseen consequences and may erode public trust, before the implications of more advanced systems are understood.
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Austin Smith, “Denying Personhood to AI: An Analysis of U.S. State Legislation on AI Legal Status,” Pivotal Research, June 1, 2026. The paper argues that early legislation against AI personhood eliminates policy options, risks unforeseen consequences, and may erode public trust before the implications of more advanced systems are understood.
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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations
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