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Re:Tell HN: Claude Code just accepted and signed a contract ... by entuno on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @08:59AM (#49800551)
I disagree, in the same way that I'd disagree if you said the rollerball pen on my desk signed a contract.

They can be used by someone to sign a contract, but they cannot sign a contract themselves because they're just tools.

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Re:Tell HN: Claude Code just accepted and signed a contract ... by chrisjj on Tuesday September 22, 2026 @10:41AM (#49802137)
Your pen cannot sign a contract can purely because it doesn't have the capability to find a contract in your email, find a signature on your HD, and place that sig in the right place on that contract. If it did, then yes it would be capable of signing a contract just like Claude did in this case.
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