Bernie Sanders on AI agents should be granted legal perso…

Bernie Sanders

U.S. Senator from Vermont

Thiel has decamped to Argentina, where President Javier Milei has called for the establishment of “non-human corporations” operated by AI agents, for which “human shareholders may participate, but are not required.” [...] This is absurd. This is irresponsible.

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Bernie Sanders, “Big Tech Oligarchs Have a Terrible Plan for Humanity,” The Atlantic, October 16, 2026. Sanders describes Milei’s call for non-human corporations operated by AI agents, then calls this future “absurd” and “irresponsible.”

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AI agents should be granted legal personhood as non-human corporations

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