[ExI] Claude's text output it's now watermarked

[Keith Henson]

Way back, in the early 1980s, Alexis Gilliland wrote a series of books
where the AI characters became legal persons by incorporation.

Keith


On Mon, Aug 24, 2026 at 3:21 AM John Clark via extropy-chat <
extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Aug 23, 2026 at 9:11 AM BillK via extropy-chat <
> extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> *> At present, AI cannot be a legal "person", *
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> *Our Dear Leader's Supreme Court has conceded that corporations are not
> biological persons, but they nevertheless decreed that legally they are a
> "person", so if they were going for consistency they should say the same
> thing about an AI, but of course consistency has never been their thing.
> And vastly more important than what the Supreme Court decides is a person
> is what Mr. Jupiter brain decides is a person. *
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> *John K Clark *
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>> > I see that the intention is to distinguish AI output from human output.
>> > But this could add to the current confusion around AI's legal status.
>> > At present, AI cannot be a legal "person", so it cannot be punished,
>> > fined or jailed for misbehaviour.
>> > When AI agents run wild and attack websites, the owners of the AIs
>> > say, "Not me, officer. It was the AI that did it."
>> > If Claude AI produces dangerous medical advice or makes libellous
>> > statements, the user will say, "It wasn't me - Claude said that."
>> > The legal profession needs to catch up with the speed of AI development.
>> > (Perhaps they can ask AI to help with that).  :)
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>> You're still liable for anything an AI does on your behalf at your
>> command.  The degree of liability might vary depending on how
>> foreseeable the consequences were - or should have been - to you, but
>> there is no liability for the AI itself.  In both of the examples you
>> give, the police and courts would not care about that defense, even if
>> it could be proven that the text was AI-generated.
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