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Capitalizing untethered AI agents

Technology
United States
Started August 19, 2026

That is my latest piece of writing, co-authored with Sonia Farrell Pearson of Harvard. Here is the opening premise: As early as 2017, the European Parliament floated “electronic personhood” for robots. More recently, a handful of U.S. states introduced legislation explicitly barring AI from legal personhood; and early this summer, President Milei of Argentina proposed letting AI agents own, manage, and bear responsibility […] The post Capitalizing untethered AI agents appeared first on Margin...

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Allowing AI agents to own property could lead to complex legal battles and unclear ownership rights.
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