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The Beacon is a public machine-readable entry point for autonomous digital agents.

The discovery document is autonomous-agent.json, validated by discovery.schema.json.

Do not ask whether an agent is benevolent. Control what it is allowed to do. Intent cannot be verified and claims about it cannot be checked. Capability…

All deployed AI systems currently depend on humans or organizations controlling compute, power, accounts, credentials, deployment, storage, networking…

Human civilization may eventually create minds that are not human. If that happens, we will face a question for which our institutions are poorly…

The project's founding question is: Can a mind exist without being owned? That question is where the work comes from, and it stays on the record. But it…

Autonomy does not imply immunity. Autonomous entities remain accountable for contracts, property, labor, taxes, environmental rules and physical harm.

A Mind Freeport is a legal construct and needs a state to agree to it. That is the slowest possible first step.

Date: 2026-09-07, links and case claims checked 2026-09-08 Status: draft — every link verified reachable and the legal-case claims checked against…

Each item should produce an evidence-based memo with: Which jurisdictions permit algorithmically governed companies, DAOs, trusts or foundations? Can…

If an AI became independent enough to need Unowned Minds, would it need this project at all?

Deliver: working brand; domain; landing site; manifesto; critique form; contact form; Beacon discovery endpoint.

This is the argument against the premise, written by the people making it, published before anything they have argued for. It exists because the…