The Estonian government may grant robots and artificial intelligences (AIs) legal rights. The country's economic ministry is developing regulations to govern legal disputes involving AI, including the creation of a new legal status, "robot-agent", somewhere between between personal property and a separate legal identity. Lawyers have noted that the initiative would be contrary to Europe's humanist legal tradition, and still requires sufficient political support. The country already has a paperless government. In an interview with DW, Estonia's Minister for Economic Affairs
The Estonian government may grant robots and artificial intelligences (AIs) legal rights. The country's economic ministry is developing regulations to govern legal disputes involving AI, including the creation of a new legal status, "robot-agent", somewhere between between personal property and a separate legal identity. Lawyers have noted that the initiative would be contrary to Europe's humanist legal tradition, and still requires sufficient political support. In an interview with DW, Estonia's Minister for Economic Affairs