Ethics center
The hard questions no one can skip.
Consent and Cloning the Dead
Memorial clones raise the question of who can consent on behalf of a person who is no longer here. The answer is rarely 'anyone you'd like.'
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Disclosure and Deception
When an AI clone speaks on someone's behalf, the recipient has a legitimate interest in knowing it. The hard part is what counts as adequate disclosure.
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Intellectual Property in the Self
A clone is built from the corpus a person produced. The questions of who owns that corpus, who owns the clone, and who owns its output are increasingly urgent and unsettled.
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Labor and the Replaceable Self
When an employee's clone can answer most of their emails, the employer has new leverage. Employment law has not caught up.
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Child Likeness and the Future Adult
Creating a digital avatar or voice clone of a minor implicates a person who cannot yet consent and will have to live with the artifact as an adult.
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