From AIs to an unhappy elephant, the legal question of who is a person is approaching a reckoning

Courts already grapple with the consequences of AI sentience but ignore the same for animals.

Joshua Jowitt, Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University • conversation
June 21, 2022 • ~7 min

Happy the elephant was denied rights designed for humans – but the legal definition of 'person' is still evolving

Happy has lived alone in captivity for 14 years, but the New York Supreme Court recently denied a legal effort to rehome her.

Joshua Jowitt, Lecturer in Law, Newcastle University • conversation
Jan. 6, 2021 • ~7 min

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