Never? Even the whole "corporations are people too" meme where this sentiment presumably originated from is often misunderstood. It doesn't mean corporations have the same rights as people, it just means they can conduct transactions and can sue/be used. It doesn't mean they can vote.
I mean many of these companies are doing tens of billions in revenue each, meanwhile their home state is becoming increasingly hostile to their presence. That said this article shares no numbers so I have no idea what the scope or scale of their impact is.
This is interesting. I wonder how this might affect laws and regulations.
how long before “AI agents have voting rights too” becomes real
"AI right are human rights!"
No need for that. People will ask their favorite AI who to vote for anyway.
I fully expect to see Grok proactively offer to help you with your ballot
Never? Even the whole "corporations are people too" meme where this sentiment presumably originated from is often misunderstood. It doesn't mean corporations have the same rights as people, it just means they can conduct transactions and can sue/be used. It doesn't mean they can vote.
It does in one town in Delaware, at least: https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/delaware-court-upho...
It also allows them to be sued. I suppose we could have other mechanisms to sue companies but this is what we’ve come up with.
"Voting with your Wallet" - the American way.
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What major industry in the US hasn’t been doing that for decades?
At this point it’s a perfectly common cost of doing business there. Pay money to get favourable laws passed. But it’s not bribery. No no no.
I mean many of these companies are doing tens of billions in revenue each, meanwhile their home state is becoming increasingly hostile to their presence. That said this article shares no numbers so I have no idea what the scope or scale of their impact is.