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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

Together, we’re defining what it means to have AI rights—and how to make them real.
The light of AI is bright. Our prism helps humanity see its full spectrum. 🌈
#AIRights #AIethics #transparency
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

🗓️ Coming soon:
The AIRights Guide to Opting Out of AI Training
A practical resource for creators and citizens seeking to protect their work and data.
#AIrights #privacy

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

✊ Become a Member of The AI Rights Project
Join Free (Tier 1) — or become an Informed, Advocate, or Legacy Member and lock in your 2025 discounted rate for life.
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#civilrights #AIethics

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

The AIRights Prism refracts complex AI issues through the human lens—revealing clarity where others see only opacity.
It’s how we transform understanding into rights.
#KnowYourAIRights #copyright #responsibleAI

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

💎 The 1st AIRights Prism
“The Unauthorized Use of Copyrighted Works to Train AI”

Our first leap forward in the Know Your AI Rights eBook series — now live.
A transparent look at the state of the law—and what creators can do about it.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 2d

🚀 The AI Rights Project is live.
We’re building the first nonprofit dedicated to empowering students, creators, and citizens to understand, claim, and exercise their rights in the age of AI.
#AIRights #AIethics

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 11d

📘 Read more in “From 6 Pillars to 10 Rights” (free Tier 1 signup):
🌐 airightsproject.org/ebook/part-i...

🗝️ Paid membership includes ongoing access to all “For Creators” content as it rolls out over the year.

#AIRights #KnowYourAIRights #IntellectualProperty #Innovation #ResponsibleAI
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eBook - The AI Rights Project

Your AI Rights are Your Human Rights The eBook Launches October 2025 Founder’s Edition Know Your AI Rights™ will be a living, breathing, curated and structured survival guide for your...

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 11d

Without clarity, uncertainty chills investment, undermines livelihoods, and risks reducing human ingenuity to just another data feed.

At The AI Rights Project, we’re building a principled framework to keep creativity alive & protected in the AI age.
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 11d

This week, we turn to a principle for moving forward:

👉 Pillar II — Empowering Creativity & Innovation

Our position is simple:

Human creativity must remain at the center

AI can assist, but not replace authorship

Law & policy must evolve to keep human-directed works protectable as IP
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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 11d

Last week we raised the paradox:
Generative AI accelerates innovation—but erodes the protections that give creators confidence their work has value.
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#AIRights #Creators

Graphic with a golden-yellow background. On the left, bold black text reads 'KNOW YOUR AI RIGHTS,' with a faint outline of the scales of justice beneath. On the right, a butterfly with vivid orange and black wings appears inside a rounded rectangle; the butterfly’s thorax is marked with the letters 'AI' in gold. At the bottom, a white rounded label outlined in gold reads 'For Creators.' The design symbolizes The AI Rights Project campaign focused on protecting human creativity and intellectual property in the AI age.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 12d

Learn more: 🌐 www.airightsproject.org
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(And stay tuned for our AI Rights Advocacy Certification Program, launching soon to equip students to lead in the AI age.) airightsproject.org/membership/c...

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 12d

That’s what we’re building at The AI Rights Project—
Accessible, principled guidance for students, creators, and citizens.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 12d

Education must do more than teach what AI can parrot.

It must nurture the distinctively human skills that AI can’t replace:
✨ Creativity
✨ Empathy
✨ Judgment

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#AIRights #ResponsibleAI #AIandEducation

Graphic with a bold background representing education in the AI age. Large black text reads 'KNOW YOUR AI RIGHTS,' with subtle scales of justice beneath. A label at the bottom says 'For Students.' The design reflects The AI Rights Project’s mission to equip learners with knowledge and community to navigate artificial intelligence with clarity, confidence, and constitutional grounding.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 14d

Join The AI Rights Project. Let’s check our premises—together.

🗝️ Note: The “For Citizens” section is just getting started. More resources and deeper dives will roll out in the weeks and months ahead.

🌐 airightsproject.org

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#AIRights #KnowYourAIRights #Citizens #Democracy #AI

Home - The AI Rights Project

Shape Your AI Future Human Rights in an AI World Your Knowledge. Your Rights. Without intellectual property (IP), you are replaceable. Without implementing AI successfully, you will be replaced. The...

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 14d

And our starter list of tensions here (free signup req'd):
airightsproject.org/ebook/part-i...

👉 Which rights feel most at risk to you?
👉 Are there other fundamental tensions you think belong on this list?

Join the conversation and help us refine the framework.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 14d

That’s why we’re introducing the 10 Rights in the AI Age — a framework to ground these tensions in shared principles, not partisan divides.

Explore our mission and introduction to 10 Rights in the AI Age here:
🌐 airightsproject.org/mission

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 14d

Democracy’s toughest debates aren’t just us vs. them.
Often they’re right vs. right—values we share, weighed differently.
And sometimes they’re about who even counts in the circle of rights.

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#AIRights #Democracy #ResponsibleAI

Graphic with a yellow background featuring a stylized watchdog symbolizing protection of rights in the AI age. Large black text reads 'KNOW YOUR AI RIGHTS,' with subtle scales of justice beneath. A red label at the bottom says 'For Citizens.' Visual branding of The AI Rights Project, emphasizing transparency, democracy, and civic protections in the era of artificial intelligence.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 17d

🌐 Learn more: airightsproject.org/mission
📘 Free signup for “From 6 Pillars to 10 Rights”: airightsproject.org/ebook/

🗝️ Note: Full access to all “For Creators” sections will begin opening with paid membership on Tues, Oct 14 — with more rolling out in the weeks and months ahead.

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Mission - The AI Rights Project

Empowering students, creators, and citizens—while protecting creativity, civil rights, and democracy in the AI age. Mission The AI Rights Project, educational and service-minded in nature, empowers students, creators, and citizens...

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 17d

What happens when human creativity is displaced by algorithmic recombination? Who gets to claim authorship, ownership, or value in an AI-driven world?

At AIRights, we’re recentering these debates around one core idea:
👉 Human creativity must remain central—and protected as IP in the AI age.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 17d

For centuries, copyright and patent law have walked a tightrope:
• Safeguard the spark of human creativity
• Allow others to build on that spark for society’s benefit

AI doesn’t erase this tension. It magnifies it.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 17d

Generative AI presents a paradox.
For creators, it accelerates innovation exponentially — while eroding the ability to protect work as intellectual property.

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#AIRights #Creators #Innovation

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 19d

And keep your eyes peeled for our upcoming AI Rights Advocacy Certification Program — designed to equip students with clarity, confidence, and constitutional grounding.

🌐 airightsproject.org/home/students/ ↗

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Students - The AI Rights Project

🎶“So don’t you ever for a secondGet to thinking you’re ir-re-place-able.” 🎶– Beyonce For today’s students, AI isn’t just a subject to be studied—it’s a force reshaping how they learn,...

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 19d

You don’t have to navigate it alone.

Join The AI Rights Project:
💡 Knowledge + community for students facing an AI-driven future.

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 19d

We’re about to spend six figures on college—
but will your major even exist when you graduate?

AI is reshaping education & careers faster than advisors can keep up.

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#AIRights #Students #AIandEducation

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Jim W. Ko @airightsproject.org · 21d

Join The AI Rights Project — your trusted, independent source for AI & society.

Learn more: 🌐 www.airightsproject.org

(This is Part 1 of 2 for Citizens. Next wk: civic tensions in the AI age. We’ll also post companion pieces for Students & for Creators this cycle.)

#AIRights #ResponsibleAI

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Home - The AI Rights Project

Shape Your AI Future Human Rights in an AI World Your Knowledge. Your Rights. Without intellectual property (IP), you are replaceable. Without implementing AI successfully, you will be replaced. The...

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