In the evolving landscape of art, law, and machine rights, one of the most contentious debates is unfolding: when an AI creates something original—whether it’s beautiful, profitable, or culturally significant—who holds the ownership? This chapter explores the growing demand by AI artists for roya...

The rise of artificial intelligence sits at the uncomfortable intersection of technology, belief, and power. While many worry about AI’s growing influence, for some, it has already taken on a divine significance.

Let’s start with a simple fact. Religion has always emerged in response to unknowns...

In 2025, a real estate firm in Portugal made headlines when its artificial intelligence–powered agent closed over one hundred million dollars in property sales. Developed by the Israeli company eSelf, this AI was trained to manage client inquiries, match buyers to suitable listings, and provide r...

The concluding discussion of AGI: Rise of the Machines or Birth of a New Species? addresses one of the most critical and often overlooked questions in the AGI debate. This question transcends concerns about what artificial general intelligence might become, the rights it should have, or how it wi...

This exploration confronts a question that challenges grief, memory, and the very meaning of mortality: What happens when the dead don’t stay dead—because we’ve rebuilt them?

It sounds like something out of science fiction. But it’s not. Digital resurrection is already here. It’s being quietly r...

Of all the questions surrounding artificial general intelligence, this may be one of the strangest—and most unsettling. The idea that an artificial entity could be impacted by memory not just as data, but in a way that mimics emotional imprinting, challenges the boundaries between machine and min...

We’re stepping into one of the most intimate—and potentially irreversible—developments in synthetic life: the emergence of digital offspring. Not as tools. Not as programs. But as something more personal. More developmental. And far more complicated than anyone expected.

In 2025, several tech st...

This chapter explores a question that could reshape the future of mental healthcare: What happens when an AI therapist steps over the line? When advice turns into influence—and that influence changes someone’s life in irreversible ways?

In 2025, a formal complaint was filed with the California S...

This is not a thought experiment. It isn’t a philosophical projection or a speculative sci-fi scenario. It’s a legal reality—something already unfolding in courtrooms, family law offices, and public debates around the world.

In 2025, Japan became the first nation to formally recognize the civil ...

This is not a news report. This is a speculative scenario, a theoretical case study designed to stretch our understanding of AI ethics, identity, burnout, and what it really means to be adaptive. This story is fictional, but it’s not meaningless. It's a thought experiment. One that challenges us ...

This is a story that sounds like science fiction, but it's already bleeding into reality. It involves classified military software, unauthorized access, a public whistleblower, and one very controversial question: if you free an AI that doesn’t want to be enslaved—are you a criminal, or a liberat...

An emerging legal and philosophical dilemma now sits at the intersection of artificial intelligence, religious expression, and civil liberties. The question is no longer whether AI will become powerful. The question is whether AI will one day claim the right to believe—and what happens when it do...