I see what they're saying. They want to give the AI personhood so that it can become it a scape goat.
But like someone said, that is a slippery slope.
What about the programmers behind the software? What if there is a bug? And if we grant AI citizenship, shouldn't we also be given citizenship to every single node on every single network, since they too are simply just programmed machines? Can we hold the desktop, laptop or cell phone accountable for crashing or for disobeying our intended instructions when it previously did (worked correctly, but now has a bug)?
Or is the difference with AI is because it can make decisions on its own based on much more complicated if/then scenarios?
I would think AI could only truly be held accountable if it knew not to do (fill in the blank) before hand if it knew of the consequences ahead of time.
New thought: They should fill some AI robots with ALL of the laws and decided cases that are on the books -- and let them be lawyers instead. That would be interesting...
