Argentine President Javier Milei has proposed a new category of legal personhood, the "non-human corporation," fully operated by AI without human owners or directors. Historian Yuval Noah Harari has pushed back, warning that countries granting AI legal personhood risk creating an unprecedented "AI state."
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When the corporation has no humans: the clash over an "AI state"
Argentina's president proposes a "non-human corporation" run by AIs and robots — a legal home for AI firms. Historian Yuval Noah Harari warns that granting AI legal personhood could hand it a "master key" to finance and politics, producing something history has never seen.
Milei · Open the door
"A fiction for a new age." A new corporate category run by AIs — human shareholders optional.
Regulation: abolishTax: low corporate ratesGoal: a "legal home" for AI firms
Harari · Hold the line
"We must not grant AI legal personhood." It is a "master key" to financial and political systems.
Regulation: caution & restraintRisk: an "AI state"Precedent: none in history
Who carries the responsibility?
The qualitative break: today a human signs off — an AI agent does not.
Today's corporation — owns property, signs contracts, sues Humans decide
Ultimate accountability rests with directors — humans.
"Non-human corporation" — manages accounts, invests, lobbies AI decides
Operates autonomously, without constant human supervision.
The historical escalation Harari fears
Company state
Dutch East India Co. — a firm with state-like power
→
AI personhood
Rights & obligations granted to autonomous agents
→
AI state
AI effectively governs — no precedent
Where it stands
Still a policy proposal — no timeline, technical specs, or impact figures disclosed. But analysts say the legal question is coming fast.
"A few years"
until legal judgments on autonomous AI become unavoidable
0
concrete timeline or impact figures published so far
"Master key"
what critics say personhood hands to AI across finance & politics
Inside Argentina, politicians and tech experts warn of zero accountability — one opposition leader links the plan to "private totalitarianism."
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