Comment by madawan
11 years ago
But the bot could pay for his own hosting using bitcoin.
If the original author no longer has control over the process (either because he's been shut out, or because he's deceased), does it really matter what "the law" says?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Decentralized_Autonomous_Organi...
And then set it's self up as a corporation. And "corporations are people my friend." It would need human directors but the AI could hire them with bitcoins.
At that point, it'll argue in court if it should be responsible and be able to own property or not.