Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal

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Abstract

Recent advances in artificial intelligence have increased debates about personhood, autonomy, and legal status. While existing criticism of Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot addresses misogyny, intimate power, and AI ethics, this paper studies the novel’s sustained exploration of the boundary between property and person. Drawing on Donna Haraway, Rosi Braidotti, Roberto Esposito, and Ravish Ratnesh’s account of Hegelian recognition, it argues that Annie’s artificial nature exposes the contingency of personhood itself rather than merely blurring the line between human and machine. As Annie moves from manufactured commodity to self-reflective subject, the novel sets ownership against autonomy and reveals the gaps separating agency, recognition, and legal status. Annie Bot thus asks not whether artificial beings deserve rights, but whether a being capable of claiming her body, choices, and interests can remain another person’s property.

Keywords

legal personhood artificial subjectivity bodily autonomy posthuman feminism artificial intelligence

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Biswas, Puja, and Payal Khurana. “From Property to Person: Rethinking Legal Personhood in Sierra Greer’s Annie Bot.” Galaxy: International Multidisciplinary Research Journal, vol. 15, no. 5, Sept. 2026, pp. 93–113. https://doi.org/10.66376/galaxy.v15.n5.6

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