claim: Exploring the legal challenges of posthumous AI agents and the governance frameworks needed to address AI systems that outlive their creators.

paper_title: Governing AI Beyond the Grave

evidence_quote: Second, technological reality presents profound regulatory challenges: if mimetic abilities are not simply add-on features that can be cleanly excised or controlled, but rather emerge naturally from the pursuit of more capable AI systems, then traditional regulatory frameworks miss their regulatory targets.

citation: Yonathan A. Arbel & Alberto Lopez, Governing AI Beyond the Grave, Florida State University Law Review (2025).

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claim: Probate governance: rebuttable presumptions can guide courts without waiting for comprehensive legislation.

evidence_quote: Legislatures, of course, could craft a response in the form of positive law, but if history serves as any guide, legislation on matters of wills and estates is full of friction and usually results in a prolonged procedural slog. 150 Multiple readings of bills, committee hearings, and floor debates help to ensure accountability, accommodate diverse interests, and catch errors, but the cost of all that process is time. 151 And time is of the essence as it relates to GenEm; everyone’s digital remains are up for grabs with little legal recourse for those who are “stopped in their tracks” upon finding a loved one’s GenEm image online.152 Instead of waiting for a legislative resolution, probate...