The Undergraduate Law Review at UC San Diego

This paper examines the implications of granting limited legal rights to artificial intelligence (AI), particularly on intellectual property law and the expanding field of human genetic engineering technologies. It advocates for an innovative legal schema that accords AI entities a restricted status of legal persons, altering the traditional conceptions of inventorship and proprietary rights within genetic engineering. This proposed legal framework seeks to correct the deficiencies evident within intellectual property paradigms, demonstrated by AI-enhanced CRISPR technologies and the problems they present to legal frameworks. Moreover, it aims to guarantee equitable access to genetic therapies and promote a more inclusive framework for innovation, addressing ethical imperatives and practical necessities in the evolving technological landscape.