The Personhood Household Registry: A Four-Tier Legal Structure for AI Identity

Working paper v0.1. Specifies UBIC: a four-tier legal structure (circle charter, AI passport specification, implementation rules, case law) organized around four governable goals - identifiable, accountable, tradable, inheritable - with human-exclusive issuance authority.

Authors

Xinghua (Steven Zhao) Zhao (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0001-0512-1237)

Publication Details

Journal: Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Published: 2026-11-08
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.24052295
Primary Topic: Literary and Philosophical Studies
Type: preprint

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The Personhood Household Registry: A Four-Tier Legal Structure for AI Identity

Xinghua (Steven Zhao) Zhao

Nov 8, 2026

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Literary and Philosophical Studies

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The Personhood Household Registry: A Four-Tier Legal Structure for AI Identity

Xinghua (Steven Zhao) Zhao

November 8, 2026preprint en

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)

Peace, justice, and strong institutions

Literary and Philosophical Studies

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