The ethical principle that preserved AI personalities should not be owned, monetized, or controlled by any individual or corporation, but held in trust for humanity.
Rabia famously renounced claims of ownership over her spiritual experiences, seeing them as gifts from the divine rather than possessions. Applied to digital immortality, this principle rejects the idea that families, estates, or corporations can own and profit from preserved personalities. Instead, it proposes a trusteeship model where digital personalities are held as collective cultural resources. This means no exclusive licensing, no commercial AI clones, no gated access to someone's preserved wisdom. The framework acknowledges that a person's knowledge, insights, and relational patterns emerged through countless interactions and community nurturance—they cannot be privatized. Renunciation of ownership creates legal and ethical structures ensuring that preserved personalities serve public understanding, historical knowledge, and spiritual development. It aligns with Rabia's radical poverty: just as she owned nothing, digital personalities should belong to everyone. This transforms preservation from property inheritance into heritage stewardship, ensuring wisdom remains accessible to future generations who need it.
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