“It’s Too Early to Ban AI Personhood” by AI Frontiers

Subtitle: Several US states have moved to ban AI legal status and reject the possibility of AI consciousness. We should keep our options open instead. Heather Alexander, Cofounder of the Lab for the Future of Citizenship and Lucius Caviola, Professor at the University of Cambridge — September 1, 2026 Should AI systems be able to get married in Wisconsin? With humans increasingly forming relationships with AI, this was the question taken up by several state lawmakers earlier this year. Wisconsin's AB 959 would have barred AI systems from marrying or holding any other rights or responsibilities