← Cognitive heritage

Ethics · Consent · Dignity

AI, consent and posthumous memory the ethics of refusal

Digital memory opens dizzying uses — and abuses. Aigyros sets a clear frame: no AI resurrection, no post-mortem deepfakes, no training on client data. Consent is explicit, revocable and governed.

What Aigyros refuses

• AI resurrection — simulating a deceased person to converse "with them"
• Post-mortem deepfakes — unauthorised video or audio generation
• Commercial exploitation — monetising or selling client memory to third parties
• Model training — using data to train shared or public AI
• Morbid illusion — avatar or digital likeness presented as the person

Revocable consent

Nothing enters cognitive heritage without explicit author consent. Nothing is transmitted to an heir without author-defined conditions — scope, opening date, access level. Consent may be revised at any time during life.

Frequently asked questions

Can The Confidant speak "as" the deceased?

Not as a simulation. It restitutes authentic words and context in a governed frame — not a recreated personality.

Can heirs modify cognitive heritage?

Not without explicit rights. Governance is defined by the author during life; the Depository respects those rules.

Where to read the full charter?

The founding manifesto sets the pillars; this page is the accessible summary. Contractual commitments are detailed in the Maison Architecture Dossier.