If a machine invented by a machine invented by a machine invented by a machine invents a machine, who should be entitled to the patent?
If the law is changed so that a machine is entitled to a patent, will the machine be able to open a bank account in order to bank the royalties received from that patent.
Upon what would the machine spend the money?
If the machine fails to pay tax on the income it receives, should it get prosecuted? If it were convicted, what would be the punishment? If it were to be fined, but had already spent all its money so it couldn't pay the fine, would it be committed to prison? Or would it be sufficient to decommission it?
If a machine that has assets gets decommissioned, who would inherit its assets?
Clearly, English law defines what a 'person' is. Here's s.61 0f LPA1925, for instance:
61 Construction of expressions used in deeds and other instruments.
In all deeds, contracts, wills, orders and other instruments executed, made or coming into operation after the commencement of this Act, unless the context otherwise requires...
(b) “Person” includes a corporation...
"AI" is not an individual or a Corporation- an artificial entity given the legal status of person by Act of Parliament (or, occasionally, Royal Charter); and nor is any computer program. Hence: not a person and not capable of having rights.
Arguably AI is a device that is used by the initiator to perform a task that may have a greater or lesser degree of ingenuity.
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