Mind, implants & privacy · LUC ARDEN

Mental Autonomy and AI Implants in The Way to Liberty

Some of the most personal questions in Luc Arden’s work concern the body and the mind. Volume 2 of The Way to Liberty explores what might happen when implants, connected devices and AI influence not only how people work but also how they think and decide.

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The right to refuse and the right to remain oneself

The fictional rules examine whether someone might be pressured to accept an implant to work, receive services or enjoy basic opportunities. Arden imagines safeguards that preserve a person’s ability to refuse such technologies.

The discussion extends to data generated by connected bodies, responsibility for technical failures and the protection of mental autonomy. Separate sections raise concerns about children exposed to addictive digital mechanisms.

These are speculative questions, not predictions. Their literary purpose is to ask what rights should remain intact before technologies make previously unthinkable interventions seem ordinary.

A literary exploration

These numbered proposals belong to Luc Arden’s fictional world. Readers can examine and challenge them in context, rather than mistaking them for legislation currently in force.

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