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fromKahle/Austin Foundation  \nhttps://archive.org/details/lostpersona0000mcda  \nLost Persona  \nBruce I.McDaniel  \nwe 1.0ie  \n1  \nThis is a work of fiction.The characters,events,andmuch of the technology are imaginary.Any similarity to realpersons or events is coincidental.  \nAlso by Bruce I.McDaniel:  \n# Walk Together Earth Mother ChildrenWalk Through the Valley:\n\nThe Spiritual Journey ofa Vietnam War MedicThe Hardest Part:  \nHomecoming Stories from the Vietnam War  \nFront cover artwork by the author.Back cover photo by Ed Young Joon McDaniel  \n◎2018 Bruce I.McDaniel.All rights reserved.ISBN 978-0-359-01436-1  \nNew York City,May,2048…  \nArtificial intelligence and social media have combined tocreate a powerful communications technology.But howshould the legal system treat the computer-generatedpersonae it creates?  \nRyan Woodard,fresh out of law school,has been thrustinto the middle of that question.But will his co-workerAshley be a help or a hindrance as he prepares to argue hisfirst big case?  \n3  \nCHAPTER ONE  \n“Wow,Ashley,I got the Robertson case!”  \nRyan looked over at Ashley,the law firm's other juniorassociate,busy searching for cases at a computer on theother side of the room.  \n“The one where that guy hacked into the QwicWordsystem?\"Ashley asked.  \n“That's the one.Ms.Yoon just assigned me to take thelead on it.\"  \nRyan gazed out the window of the law firm's researchlibrary in a corner room overlooking New York's CentralPark.To the north and east he could see the grid of parksand walkways of the Upper East Side eighty-eight floorsbelow,starting to turn green now in the early spring.Hewatched the air taxis,tiny specks of yellow far below,asthey followed the corridors above what were once pavedstreets.Even from this height,Ryan could sense thebusyness,the pulsing energy,of the city in the earlyafternoon.It was an exciting place to be starting his career.  \nRyan was pleased with himself.As a new associate atYoon &Rosario,fresh out of law school,he hadn't expectedto work on one of the firm's major cases,let alone be headingup the effort.But Ryan couldn't help feeling nervous at anassignment so challenging.  \n\"Ms.Yoon must have confidence in me,\"Ryan said.  \nAshley smiled.\"That's one way to look at it.\"  \n\"There's another way?\"  \n\"There's always another way.\"  \nOf course,Ryan thought,feeling embarrassed at havingsaid something stupid.If there was one thing he had learned  \nfrom three years of reading opinions in law school it wasthat there was always another way of looking at things.  \n\"The case is a loser,\"Ashley said.“A wrongful deathaction based on someone hacking into the QwicWord systemand deleting someone's on-line persona?Seriously?That'sgoing to be laughed out of court.There's no precedent tosupport that position.\"  \n\"I'll argue that it is a reasonable extension of existingprecedent,\"Ryan said.  \n\"That's going to require some creative arguing,\"Ashleyreplied.“You do have a reputation for thinking upinnovative legal theories,I'll grant you that.Maybe Ms.Yoon thinks you can pull it off.But I think the reason she ispassing the case on to you is that she doesn't want to waste apartner's time trying to convince the court that a computer-generated persona is the legal equivalent of a human being.\"  \nNice way to spoil my happy mood,Ryan thought.Why didAshley always have to act so smart?Just because she hadgraduated first in their class in law school.  \nAnyway,Ryan told himself,he wouldn't let Ashley'sremark bother him.Maybe the partners in the firm thoughtthat the case was a waste of time;if so,he'd show themdifferent.After four months with the firm,this was hischance to prove himself.  \nPlus,the case would be an intellectual challenge.Ryanalways enjoyed the chance to learn something new.Hewould have to learn a lot more about the QwicWord systemand the on-line personae it generated.  \nHis 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