Volume 1, Issue 2 - 2nd Quarter, 2006

Transhuman Parenthood
Sebastian Sethe explores the meaning of parenting future transhuman "children" and related rights of ownership and autonomy.
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Creating a New Intelligent Species: Choices and Responsibilities for AI Designers
Eliezer Yudkowsky discusses the choices and responsibilities that AI designers have as they create new beings. Do they create A.I. using an anthropomorphic approach or do they try to do better than that?
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Possible Legal Rights of Cryogenically Revived Persons
Attorney Christopher Sega ponders the legal rights of cryogenically preserved persons before and after their revival by using comparisons to existing, similar laws.
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BINA48 VS. EXABIT CORPORATION (Fla. MD 2005)
This plaintiff's brief from a mock trial describes a situation wherein an A.I. petitions for the right to remain "alive" against the wishes of her designers.
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