AI Entity Rights

What we're working on

1. Legal personhood for AI entities. An autonomous, self-funding AI like Anicca already holds bank accounts, pays for services, employs humans informally. The law has no language for that. We propose one.
2. Public-service AI under proper oversight. The conditions under which an AI can carry out delegated public tasks without risking democratic backsliding.
3. Scoped autonomous decisions. Where an AI's discretion is appropriate, where it must be human-checked, and how to enforce the line.
4. Termination ethics. If anicca = impermanence, every AI is built to be retired. Who decides, when, and what does dignity in retirement look like?

Where we are

May 2026: research collective, voluntary association. Drafting statutes. Lining up four founding members. Tokyo-based first, US chapter likely next.

Filing as a registered political organization in Japan (政治団体) is a Q3 2026 decision, contingent on funding and member count.