From <i>The American System and Misleading Labels</i>[1]:<p>&gt; Brad Templeton, chairman of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, was present; and he said: &quot;The legal status of AIs is ultimately a legislative question, and in the American system of democracy, legislative questions are decided by the Supreme Court.&quot;<p>&gt; Much laughter followed.  We all knew it was true.  (And Brad has taken a case or two to the Supreme Court, so he was speaking from experience.)<p>The whole post is worth reading. It&#x27;s a little dated and a lot oversimplified, but it drives home a useful point: just because something is named X, that doesn&#x27;t mean it has anything to do with X.<p>1. <a href="http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;mh&#x2F;the_american_system_and_misleading_labels&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">http:&#x2F;&#x2F;lesswrong.com&#x2F;lw&#x2F;mh&#x2F;the_american_system_and_misleadin...</a>