The Global BrainTrust Proposes “Patenting of Human Soul” to Protect Against AI Exploitation
GRASSROOTS ADVOCACY ADVOCATES FOR PROTECTION OF HUMAN CONTENT FROM AI USE
JUNE 2025
Berlin, Germany – Global BrainTrust Advisor Dr Fran Apprich raised the urgency for the protection of the essence of human identity or ‘soul’ to stop AI using human DNA and unique identifiers, as part of its process for building its models.
“This is a strange topic and one we could not have foreseen a few years ago, but right now it is a legitimate and genuine concern,” said Apprich. “There must be a way for humans to patent themselves to stop AI from taking credit for something that is inherently human.”
“Technically speaking, a patent is a legal right to an invention that is sold or given to a person or entity to replicate, use, or sell it. Yet with AI, it learns and replicates the human ‘soul’, without patent or permission.”
She suggests this process could be like a finger or iris print that would maintain a human’s ownership and intellectual property over personal and creative works. “This could be via ‘an organic algorithm’ that is updated along a person’s life’s journey and then personalized as a human output that can be sold as a product for AI.”
“This is the only way to stop AI from robbing us of our unique character and inspirations,” she said. “We are not a bunch of steady algorithms to be exploited but right now humans are giving without taking back. A good example of this is the voices of vocal artists that are gathered, analysed and adopted without permission.”
ChatGPT, prompted for its viewpoint, offered: “Patenting human ‘souls’ to protect them from AI while not literally feasible (souls can’t be patented under any legal or metaphysical framework), is a powerful metaphor for concerns about AI infringement on human identity, creativity, and autonomy.”
ChatGPT generated a possible solution: “From an ethical framework angle, there could be a manifesto or policy push for stronger protections of human-generated data, creativity, or likenesses.”
Dr Fran believes that the legal system must keep up with the AI development otherwise it would only be a matter of time before humans become “obsolete”. She explains: “If we do not act now, we will disappear like modern-day dinosaurs. The best jokes and satires are based on hard truth, and we do not want to fall victim to the Schadenfreude of AI.”
Offering her perspective, Sana Bagersh, the Founder of the Global BrainTrust, said that there are already emerging platforms that are addressing the challenges of verifying and protecting human identity. An example of these is the World Network, an identity and financial network aimed at distinguishing between humans from AI online, to increase economic opportunity, but also to combat AI bots and deepfakes.
The ‘World’ platform applies ‘Proof of human’ technology which uses infrared biometric scanner to capture a detailed image of a person’s iris. This is processed into a cryptographic identifier that becomes a “World ID” that verifies that an individual is both human and unique.
Bagersh suggested that such solutions can serve as a foundation for research into solutions that address Apprich’s recommendation. “If this kind of technology has being introduced, and already rolled out in some markets, perhaps it can it be developed further to protect human output from AI exploitation.” asked Bagersh. “The journey forward will depend on whether there is intention and commitment.”
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