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Claim. The personhood debate is mis-framed: the operative question is not whether an intelligent agent may hold a legal incident, but when holding it directly beats the best mediated alternative such as a guardian, trustee, insurer or regulator.

Type. design · Support. argued

Holds when

• allocation of a single legal incident
• mediated alternatives available

Source quote

The question is not whether the agent may hold incidents. It is when holding an incident directly beats the best mediated alternative.

From. Wulf A. Kaal, Should an Intelligent Agent Have Legal Rights? (2026). Full text.

Cite as. Wulf A. Kaal, Should an Intelligent Agent Have Legal Rights? (2026). SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=7596939

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