Re:Ask HN: May an Agent accepts a license to produce a build?
by didgeoridoo on Saturday January 24, 2026 @10:10AM
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The whole point of “agency” is that there is a principal (you) behind the agent that owns all responsibility. The agent ACTS for you, it does not absorb any liability for those acts — that flows straight back to the principal.
Re:Ask HN: May an Agent accepts a license to produce a build?
by esperent on Saturday January 24, 2026 @10:22AM
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Just because the AI companies have decided to use the word "agent" doesn't means it's legally an agent. It's just a word they chose. Maybe it'll also be found legally to be an agent but it's likely that'll vary depending on the jurisdiction and will take at least a few years and lots of lawyer bills to iron out.
Re:Ask HN: May an Agent accepts a license to produce a build?
by qingcharles on Saturday January 24, 2026 @07:06PM
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When GPT Agent thing first launched I had it complete some task and it got to a "I am not a robot" checkbox and its thinking was "I have to click this button to prove I am a human" o_O
It checked the box.
The general question of the personhood of artificial intelligence aside, perhaps the personhood could be granted as an extension of yourself, like power of attorney? (Or we could change the law so it works that way.)
It all sounds a bit weird but I think we're going to have to make up our minds on the subject very soon. (Or perhaps the folks over at Davos have already done us the favour of making up theirs ;)