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personhood

[pur-suhn-hood] / ˈpɜr sənˌhʊd /


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Like the chatbots humans “date” or the LLMs humanized by tech companies, Klara is imbued with personhood.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 8, 2026

No exclusive television interview or splashy magazine profile has ever matched the raw personhood of her actual music.

From Salon ● Jul. 8, 2026

"Then we decided to propose our parliament with 600,000 signatures that the Mar Menor needs to have rights and legal personhood."

From BBC ● Jun. 27, 2026

It is also a reminder of how the Overton window on personhood is shifting.

From Slate ● Jun. 2, 2026

It felt oddly dispossessing, being handed this first legal proof of my personhood: until that moment, it had never occurred to me that proof was required.

From "Educated" by Tara Westover


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