[ExI] AI can't invent (Legally!)

[Tara Maya]

I don't know why the human who ises a tool to discover something wouldn't get the credit for the discovery. Of you look through a microscope and discover a new bacterium, you credit the scientist and not the microscope or even the microscope company. 

> On Aug 25, 2026, at 11:35, BillK via extropy-chat <extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
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> On Tue, 25 Aug 2026 at 18:19, Alex Blainey via extropy-chat
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>> The whole issue of AI, personhood, IP and liability is sticky and something Ive been wrestling with recently.
>> Legal wrappers and incorporation can get around a lot of it and incorporation especially as it demonstrates how a non living entity (a company) can be given rights and legal status.
>> It can be obfuscated by using holding and shell companies.
>> I actually explored this idea for bootstrapping income for my Concord project. A fully automated AI run company creating digital products/services, which was itself subsidiary of a holding company.
>> On the face of it totally legal and no one would know unless face to face was needed for meetings/signatures.
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> The courts are still wrestling with this problem.
> It will get more complicated as AIs become more independent, even self-aware.
> The other thread goes into this in more detail.
> But at present, when an AI misbehaves, the courts need someone to
> blame. Either the AI developers or the user who set the AI off.
> 
> BillK
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