Re:U.S. tells Google computers can qualify as drivers
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @10:21AM
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Corporations are legal persons, but they aren't algorithms (or even concrete programs), so they don't represent algorithmic personhood.
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Re:U.S. tells Google computers can qualify as drivers
by bduerst on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:03PM
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You could make the argument that their behavior is algorithmic, at least that's a part of what HFT banks on.
Conversely, what if the corporate shareholders were primarily algorithmic traders?
Re:U.S. tells Google computers can qualify as drivers
by dragonwriter on Wednesday February 10, 2016 @01:21PM
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> You could make the argument that their behavior is algorithmic, at least that's a part of what HFT banks on.
Human decision makers -- either individuals acting on their own behalf or humans acting as decision-makers in a corporation -- may choose to use algorithms to make decisions, and may choose to give programs that concretely instantiate algorithms minute-to-minute control of their resources. That doesn't mean that the personhood -- of the individual or corporation -- transfers to the algorithm or the concrete instance.
> Conversely, what if the corporate shareholders were primarily algorithmic traders?
Algorithmic traders are legal persons -- either corporations or individuals -- using computer programs to make and execute trading decisions.