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		dredmorbius on May 18, 2018 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Did Google Fake Its Big A.I. Demo? Can an incorporated bot do so?

rhizome on May 18, 2018 [–]

A piece of software does not have an identity with which it can sign contracts.

dredmorbius on May 18, 2018 | [–]

And that wasn't the scenario I'd presented.

If that software were incorporated, or was acting as or for a corporation, could it?

rhizome on May 22, 2018 | | [–]

In that it acts as its own agent? That it has a...thing...that qualifies as a signature? I've never heard of such a thing.

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