1st Edition
Lost in the Shell Mind, Body, Identity and the Technology of Information
By Andrea Monti
Copyright 2026
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
176 Pages
by
Routledge
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What happens to law when the human body becomes replicable, the mind readable, and identity programmable?
This book investigates how artificial intelligence, neurotechnology, and synthetic biology are dismantling the legal foundations of personhood. From biometric doubles and cognitive extraction to bodyoids – human bodies grown without consciousness – the author reveals how legal... Read more
Chapter 1: Who (or what) am I? Chapter 2: Mindreaders Chapter 3: (Artificial) Intelligence Without (Real) Mind Chapter 4: Body Makers Chapter 5: Selling life in pieces Chapter 6. Conclusions
Biography
Andrea Monti is an Italian lawyer, journalist, and academic, whose expertise ranges from biotechnology to privacy and high-tech law.
