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I have wondered if robots can own assets for example if there's a robot that walks around picking up aluminum cans and then taking them to a recycling center an
by rozim 5y ago
I have wondered if robots can own assets for example if there's a robot that walks around picking up aluminum cans and then taking them to a recycling center and getting paid for them, can it deposit that money in a bank account and be said to be the owner of the assets.
- HPsquared 5y agoRobots are always owned by some human entity though, including their bank account. It could just be another legal "virtual person" like a corporation.
- whbrown 5y agoNo need to speculate, how about crows trained to pick up cigarette butts? It's probably up to the bank, and of course rather challenging for them to pay their income taxes as we all must ...
- wizzwizz4 5y agoThere's a minimum threshold, and I don't think crows would earn enough to end up paying it. But if they did… surely there's some mechanism for dealing with individuals who have the capacity to provide significant value to society (=¹ get paid a lot), but lack the capacity to do government paperwork. ¹: for the sake of argument, assume this
- platz 5y agoCan a crow become the mayor
- wizzwizz4 5y agoUsually, that position is restricted to humans. Maybe there's a crow sufficiently competent at mayoral duties, but crows aren't great at abstract verbal communication via sentences; I doubt any crow would be good at the job. (Though if no crow is competent, why have laws restricting them from being eligible?)
- spaceman10 5y agoThis is a corporation with extra steps.
- dbtc 5y agoI think there's a difference between legal and practical ownership. Cryptocurrency is basically designed for this.
- beckman466 5y ago> can it deposit that money in a bank account and be said to be the owner of the assets. most definitely, yes. why wouldn't it be the owner?