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Law & Transhumanismfor

The Committee on Medical Research and Biotechnology

of theNew York State Bar Association

01 May 2014

Sander Rabin MD JDThe Center for Transhuman Jurisprudence

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Sooner than you think, a new client will arrive at your office. She'll be wearing Google Glass and will  tell you she's had a chip implanted in her brain that's raised her IQ to 200. Although petite, she also dopes herself and demurely claims to have the strength of Arnold Schwarzenegger at his peak. She wants your counsel regarding violations of her "civil rights." She says that her right to cognitive liberty was violated by the NSA during an emergency MRI scan of her head following a concussive injury she suffered a year ago. Presently, her insurer will not cover an in vitro fertilization procedure she wants, which she says violates her rights to procreative freedom and participant evolution. She adds her concern over a bill in the legislature that restricts her right to morphological freedom. Puzzled yet fascinated, you ask for more details and permission to activate a desktop voice recorder. She tells you it's unnecessary because the video camera in her Google Glass is already recording your encounter, adding that she'll upload a copy to her Cloud account for your access. As she speaks, an artificial intelligence app in her Google Glass interprets your facial expressions, correlating them with your emotional state and thought processes. It informs her that you've got a lot to learn about transhumanism.

Nuclear Engineering

Medicine

Litigation

The Center for Transhuman

Jurisprudence

Journey to Transhumanism: A Biopic

Patent Law

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Effacing the Organic-Inorganic Divide

A Convergence

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Prosthetic Continuum

Replacement | Improvement | Enhancement

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What is Transhumanism?

PostHuman Video An Introduction to Transhumanism

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Transhumanist GoalsPhysical

Enhancement

Cognitive Enhanceme

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Aging as a Disease

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Transhuman Enabling Technologies

Neuroscience

Artificial Intelligence

Genetic Engineering

Regenerative Medicine

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MORPHOLOGICAL FREEDOM

PARTICIPANT EVOLUTION

PROCREATIVE LIBERTY

Four Legal Pillars of Transhumanism

COGNITIVE LIBERTY

TECHNOLOGICAL SELF DETERMINATON

RADICAL LIFE EXTENSION

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Implications for the Legal System

Preparation

Opportunity

The practice of law is

transforming

The clients of law are

transforming

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OPPORTUNITIES

PERSPECTIVE: LAW THAT ANTICIPATES

PRACTICE: NEUROLAW

PROTECT: NEUROSECURITY

PREEMPT: ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE

PREPARE: TRANSHUMAN LAW LEADERSHIP

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Perspective

H+ is the future of law

Access via a new practice

Anticipate the future of law

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Practice: Teach & Accredit Neurolaw

NEUROLAW > H+

H+ Workshops

CLE Programs

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Protect: Cognitive Liberty

Nita A. Farahany Video on "Cognitive Liberty”

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Protect: Cognitive Liberty

NEUROSECURITY

Endorse cognitive libertyAnticipate morphological freedom

The brain is the last bastion of privacyAssure neurobiological security

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AI & Mind Uploading

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Artificial Intelligence & Law

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Artificial Intelligence & Law

AI as a law practitioner

AI as client and subject of the law

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Preempt: Artificial Intelligence

Law by and for artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence and legal personhood

Guidelines on ethical implementation of artificial

intelligence law practice

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Policy, Law & Transhumanism

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Prepare: for H+ Transhumans as citizens & clients

Transition H+ ethics into model laws and legislation

H+ workshops and white papers

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New PossibilitiesLaw & Transhumanism

Preempt: ArtificiaI intelligence legal practice and personhood

Protect: Uphold cognitive liberty & assure neurosecurity

Practice: CLE programs & webinars on neurolaw

Prepare: Plan for law & transhumanism

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Grateful Acknowledgement

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