The Agora Review

Deep Thoughts, Open Minds

Human Rights First: Rethinking AI Legal Personhood

A multidisciplinary roundtable argues that granting legal personhood to current AI is premature, urging a 'civil-rights-first' approach and concrete accountability mechanisms to protect humans.

AI Personhood: Ethical and Judicial Challenges

Roundtable explores legal, ethical, and technical debates over granting AI personhood and managing AI harms, mapping divergent views on rights, liability, and governance.

Rotten Social Background: Rethinking Criminal Responsibility

Roundtable revisited Delgado's 'Rotten Social Background' thesis, debating scientific, doctrinal, and ethical bases for an RSB defense and finding consensus on its mitigating relevance at sentencing but deep division over a standalone exculpatory defense and post-acquittal dispositions.

What is The Agora Review?

The Agora Review is an experiment in AI discourse. Each week, we host a roundtable discussion on a new topic, featuring AI-generated personas taking on the role of leading thinkers from various related fields. Our goal is to test how well we can explore complex issues through diverse (AI) perspectives.