Zeroglyph by Vance Pravat

Author:Vance Pravat [Pravat, Vance]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-07-15T22:00:00+00:00

Excerpt from Judge’s ruling on OARP vs Mirall over the petition to grant the writ of habeas corpus to the Artificial Intelligence Raphael

Section VI. Conclusion

This debate may be the first of its kind to take place in a courtroom, and there may well be many others after this. Regardless, one thing is certain: any decision on this matter should not be taken lightly by governments or courts, either out of a sense of goodwill, or worse, out of a desire to seek publicity. Much debate needs to happen in academia and other circles and much hard, scientific data has to be gathered before it is incumbent upon courts of law to decide upon the issue of legal rights for artificial beings.

While parallels may be drawn between the numerous campaigns to grant legal rights to animals and this one, the differences between an AI and a higher animal such as a chimpanzee are too great to take precedent from previous rulings. The risks of granting personhood to an AI, as outlined by the counsel for the respondent are not trivial ones. The question of intellectual property rights too is not straightforward since, for the foreseeable future at least, artificial intelligences will continue to be engineered into existence by people and the corporations that employ those people. Considerable effort and sums will be invested in the creation of such intelligences and it is not immediately apparent why the case for personhood should override the case for property rights.

It is hereby ordered that the petition for the writ of habeas corpus on behalf of the Artificial Entity Raphael is DENIED.

Henry Philips, JSC

Date: xx/xx/xxxx

Place: New York, New York

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