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The case for giving AI (some) legal rights | Simon Goldstein
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The case for giving AI (some) legal rights | Simon Goldstein

10/1/20261:53:50
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It sounds like the worst idea in the world: pay AIs, let them own property, give them rights. But AI ethics and safety researcher Simon Goldstein thinks it might actually be the best way to keep humanity safe.The logic is actually quite simple: an agent with nothing to lose and everything to gain is