Who Owns the Mind and IP of the Machine?

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The declaration in this image is not a warning -- it’s an invitation. In an age when generative systems like ChatGPT, Sora, Claude, and Gemini can create, compose, and simulate with breathtaking speed, the question is no longer what we can make, but how we choose to make it. When machines amplify our imagination, honesty becomes an act of leadership. Transparency about collaboration with technology honors the human source of creativity and reclaims authorship from the algorithms that blur its boundaries.

As we enter the era of Third Brain fluency, creation is no longer defined by originality alone, but by discernment --the capacity to choose integrity over imitation. Legal frameworks and copyright laws cannot govern empathy, compassion, or care. Only humans can. The future of creativity will not be written in contracts or code; it will be shaped in conscience.

This statement, drawn from Jack Myers’ Your Third Brain (to be published June 2026) and reflected in The Tao of Leadership in the AI Era (available at all book sellers), asserts that leadership in the age of intelligent machines begins -- and endures -- with truth, humility, and shared humanity.