Statutes and Codification - As enacted, clarifies that a "person," as used in Tennessee Code Annotated, does not include artificial intelligence, a computer algorithm, a software program, computer hardware, or any type of machine. - Amends TCA Title 1.

Summary

The bill amends Tennessee’s definition of “person” to exclude artificial intelligence, computer algorithms, software programs, computer hardware, and any type of machine. It also adds new definitions for “human being,” “life,” and “natural person,” limiting each to living members of the human species, including unborn children. The change is intended to keep legal rights and responsibilities tied to actual humans rather than to technology.

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