TY  - BOOK
AU  - Bayern,Shawn
TI  - Autonomous organizations
SN  - 9781108878203 (ebook)
AV  - K564.C6 B384 2021
U1  - 343.09/99 23
PY  - 2021///
CY  - Cambridge
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Computers
KW  - Law and legislation
KW  - United States
KW  - Autonomous robots
KW  - Intelligent agents (Computer software)
KW  - Artificial intelligence
N1  - Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Oct 2021); Why autonomous organizations? -- The legal role of algorithms -- In the company of robots : the creation of autonomous organizations -- The legal viability of autonomous organizations -- The advantages of autonomous organizations -- The limitations and legal implications of autonomous organizations -- Conclusion
N2  - Under current business law, it is already possible to give legal personhood, or a very close surrogate of it, to software systems of any kind (from a simple automated escrow agent to a more hypothetical, truly smart artificial intelligence). This means that, for example, robots could enter into contracts, serve as legal agents, or own property. Ultimately, entire companies could actually be run by non-human agents. This study argues that this is not as scary as it might sound at first. Legal theorist and noted software developer Shawn Bayern argues that autonomous or zero-person organizations offer an opportunity for useful new types of interactions between software and the law. This creative contribution to the theory and practice of law and technology explores the social and political aspects of these new organizational structures and their implications for legal theory
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1017/9781108878203
ER  -