Artificial Persons - breakthroughs in artificial intelligence and personhood

Description

Can robots be persons? In this event we will discuss the implications of breakthroughs in artificial intelligence technology by considering the nature of another, older, kind of artificial person – the commercial corporation.

Commercial corporations are persons under the law, but they cannot die, they possess superhuman abilities and can deploy resources and pursue objectives beyond the reach of any natural person. What does it mean, to treat an entity as a person? Does the presence of these artificial persons in our society affect how we relate to ourselves? How can we shape the development of artificial intelligence so that it reflects the interests of human persons?

In this panel discussion, members of the Pufendorf Advanced Study Group on Artificial Persons will discuss these topics with Dr Jonnie Penn, a historian of information technology from Cambridge University.

Period	2021 Nov 19
Event type	Other
Location	Lund, SwedenShow on map
Degree of Recognition	International