What Salim Ismail has said about AI personhood
1 quote · 1 episode · Oct 7, 2026
Salim Ismail, Founder of OpenExO and author on exponential organizations, co-host of Moonshots, has been quoted on AI personhood once in 1 episode of Moonshots with Peter Diamandis, most recently on October 7, 2026. Each quote below is verbatim and links to the moment it was said.
In their words
Ismail predicts society will grant AI personhood socially before it is recognized legally or scientifically.
“we're going to create AI personhood socially before we create it legally or scientifically”
Moonshots with Peter Diamandis: Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301 (Oct 7, 2026) · Listen from 1:17:04
Episodes
Why Altman Says "Accept Some Bad Things Happening" and What It Means for AI Safety | MOONSHOTS #301Moonshots with Peter Diamandis · Oct 7, 2026 · 2 h 47 min
Peter Diamandis, Salim Ismail, Dave Blundin, Alexander Wissner-Gross and Emad Mostaque debate the Superintelligence Force, Altman's risk comments, Claude's possible consciousness, open-weight models, robots and the Nobel Prizes.
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