SSRN: Algorithmic Entities. February 22, 2018 by Garret Vreeland in Computing, Internet, Economics, Software In an article published in the Northwestern University Law Review in 2014, Professor Shawn Bayern demonstrated that anyone can confer legal personhood on an autonomous computer algorithm merely by putting it in control of a limited liability company.#*$&*%&@#^@. Thanks, @BillSaysThis!