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<seo title="Bot and automated corporations" metakeywords="bots" metadescription="Bots are the cause of 64% of internet traffic, they are algorithms which works autonomously on the web."/> | <seo title="Bot and automated corporations" metakeywords="bots" metadescription="Bots are the cause of 64% of internet traffic, they are algorithms which works autonomously on the web."/> | ||
'''Artificial Intelligence already rules the world. It has for hundreds of years, it just has another name, the [[corporation]].''' | '''Artificial Intelligence already rules the world. It has for hundreds of years, it just has another name, the [[corporation]].''' | ||
When Mitt Romney said “corporations are people, my friend” people laughed at him. But he was right. Corporations are legal persons. This is not an analogy or a metaphor but a legal fact. Corporate personhood has been accepted since ancient India, through Rome, to the present day. | When Mitt Romney said “corporations are people, my friend” people laughed at him. But he was right. Corporations are legal persons<ref>'''Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific''', U.S. Supreme Court (1886): 118 U.S. 394. Decided: May 9, 1886. Accessed 6<sup>th</sup> Jan 2022 via <nowiki>https://supreme.justia.com/cases/federal/us/118/394/</nowiki></ref>. This is not an analogy or a metaphor but a legal fact. Corporate personhood has been accepted since ancient India, through Rome, to the present day. | ||
Corporations can buy property, enter contracts, and are treated generally the same as ‘natural’ persons in the eyes of the law. They even have the right to free speech, including influencing elections. Corporations are artificial persons. Therefore (since we assume people are intelligent), they are artificially intelligent. Corporations are AI. | Corporations can buy property, enter contracts, and are treated generally the same as ‘natural’ persons in the eyes of the law. They even have the right to free speech, including influencing elections. Corporations are artificial persons. Therefore (since we assume people are intelligent), they are artificially intelligent. Corporations are AI. | ||