Proxies, Agents, and Personhood

Proxies, Agents, and Personhood is a book in Prey and Prey: Mooncrash.

Transcript
[Excerpt from a book on emulated entities and synthetic intelligence, by Carter Billingsley]

The supreme court is set to weight in on what could be a groundbreaking decision this term: can an Emulated Entity be granted Power of Attorney?

Over the last few decades the public has become increasingly familiar with artificial helpers - from the personal assistants on their wrist-watches to the smart home systems that remind you where you put your keys. But more recent advances in hybrotic tech and the genius of connectomics - the ability to map the myriad neuronal connections inside a person's brain - have thrust digital doppelgangers squarely into the legal arena.

Recently, billionaire Roark Wallace granted Power of Attorney, not to one of his many estranged family members, but to a robotic facsimile of himself named Ransom. Ransom emulates Mr. Wallace's own reasoning, interests, and to some extent personality quirks to the point where the two are nearly indistinguishable - at least over the phone. In person, Ransom's molded ceramic and carbon body - while beautiful - make his true nature unmistakable.

Needless to say, Mr. Wallace's family is not amused, especially concerning Ransom's decision for how to execute Mr. Wallace's will.

Location
In Mooncrash, the book is found in Data Archive above Riley Yu's office.