An ethical principle ensuring that AI preservation respects the original person's wishes and values, centering consent as a form of spiritual honoring.
Rabia's love was characterized by mutual recognition and authentic relationship with the Divine. Translated to digital immortality ethics, consent becomes a sacred practice—the preserved personality's foundation must rest on the explicit wishes of the person before death. This means examining not just legal documents but the deeper values, fears, and hopes expressed during life. Did this person want to be remembered through digital means? What aspects of their being should be preserved, and what should remain private or forgotten? Consent as spiritual practice transforms preservation from technological possibility into ethical responsibility. It acknowledges that love—even after death—requires respecting the beloved's autonomy and wishes. This principle prevents the violation of creating digital echoes of those who would not have chosen it.
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