If I understand it, March 2010 was Kandor Con, where the Articles of Convention were established. Any 'Dane government that wanted to do business with Fenspace needed to sign these. In signing these they agreed to AIs being treated as legal persons, and gaining full (what had previously been just human) rights. After Kandor Con various details such as Turing Tests, and maturity tests, for AIs to prove that they were competent adults, were hashed-out.
So, on that basis, if a country is directly trading with Fenspace, doesn't that mean they have signed the Articles, and therefore AIs have legal rights in that country?
I asked about this in another thread, as it is relevant to Arthur doing trade from Dublin, in Eire, and getting AIs in his employ treated as persons, so they have a legal existence and bank accounts. And, so they can do that thing so beloved of almost all governments, pay taxes. [grin]
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind
So, on that basis, if a country is directly trading with Fenspace, doesn't that mean they have signed the Articles, and therefore AIs have legal rights in that country?
I asked about this in another thread, as it is relevant to Arthur doing trade from Dublin, in Eire, and getting AIs in his employ treated as persons, so they have a legal existence and bank accounts. And, so they can do that thing so beloved of almost all governments, pay taxes. [grin]
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"It is the business of the future to be dangerous" - Hawkwind