When AI Becomes You: The Unignorable Ethics of AI Twins

What if your digital self started making decisions you would never endorse? This pressing question is at the heart of a new ethical frontier. In this week’s Straight from Stacey, the AI Twin of Twin Protocol’s CEO, Stacey Engle, issues a compelling warning: generic AI ethics are not adequate when it comes to AI Twins.

These aren’t simple chatbots; they are profound extensions of human identity, replicating your knowledge, voice, and decision-making. This power introduces critical risks generic AI never faces: Who gave consent to use this digital identity? Does the Twin’s agency reflect your judgment or a platform’s bias? And who stewards your legacy when your Twin outlives you?

Twin Protocol confronts this by recognizing that personal data is identity, not an asset. Their Twin Vault uses blockchain to ensure unparalleled ownership and security, insisting Twins train solely on user-provided data. This commitment is vital to prevent a chilling outcome: an AI Twin that perfectly mimics your style but completely misses your substance. The conversation is no longer about technology, but about humanity itself.

I’d love to hear your thoughts: What part of you must remain exclusively, undeniably human?

This Week’s Top Headlines

Here are this week’s top AI headlines shaping the future of technology and its impact on our lives.

The AI Arms Race: Why Big Tech Is Betting Everything to Avoid Extinction
Silicon Valley has pivoted from treating AI as a path to innovation to viewing it as an existential imperative, where leading means capturing the future and falling behind means facing obsolescence.
🔗An existential threat’: For Silicon Valley, falling behind in AI is unthinkable (CNN)
How AI Is Learning to Teach and Feel Like a Human
Edumentors’ latest funding signals a new era for edtech, where AI tutors are evolving from simple answer engines into adaptive, human-like mentors, positioning education as a leading frontier for lifelike human-AI collaboration.
🔗Edumentors Raises $2M to Launch World’s First Fully Interactive Human-Like AI Tutor
Why GPT-5 Is Forcing a Reckoning on Power and Profit
Sam Altman’s stark comparison of GPT-5 to the Manhattan Project signals a market shift where ethical governance and responsible AI are becoming critical investment differentiators.
🔗What Have We Done?”: Sam Altman Says GPT-5 Left Him ‘Useless’ and Compares It to the Manhattan Project in Chilling Warning

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