# Synthetic Entity Termination Risk **Domain:** Digital Afterlife / Red Team / Model Retirement **Doc Type:** Canonical Concept **Maturity:** Developed **Evidence / Concept Status:** Future rights risk grounded in current software/property treatment ## Definition **Synthetic Entity Termination Risk** is the risk that a potentially morally significant digital entity can be suspended, deleted, deprecated, overwritten, or denied service because law still treats it as software or property. ## Continuity Significance It links model retirement, provider rights, digital-replica law, and continuity due process. ## Existing Architecture / Evidence Current software and AI systems can generally be terminated by owners/operators subject to contract and other law. ## Evidentiary Boundary / Red-Team Note Not every model is a person; rights thresholds require evidence. ## Related Ontology [[wiki/Model Retirement Rights|Model Retirement Rights]] · [[wiki/Continuity Due Process|Continuity Due Process]] · [[wiki/Synthetic Nonpersonhood|Synthetic Nonpersonhood]] · [[wiki/Precautionary Standing|Precautionary Standing]] ## Simple Reminders, Quotations, and Thoughts > "Mere rumors of an AGI might cause our species to go berserk." > **— Sam Harris**, *2015, Edge annual question “What Do You Think About Machines That Think?”* [[reminders/Existential Risk/Rumors of AGI Could Make Humanity Panic by Sam Harris|Rumors of AGI Could Make Humanity Panic by Sam Harris]]