AXRP - the AI X-risk Research Podcast 48 - Guive Assadi on AI Property Rights
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Feb 15, 2026 
Guive Assadi, writer and chief of staff at an AI capabilities company, argues for granting property rights to persistent, goal-directed AIs to make them rely on and defend our property system. He discusses which AIs should qualify, how rights could incentivize alignment and economic participation, risks from obsolescence and expropriation, historical analogies, and limits of the proposal under fast takeoff scenarios.
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Retirement Preferences Could Anchor Behavior
- Retirement or life-cycle preferences (AIs wanting to enjoy wealth later) could motivate them to respect property rights today.
- Assadi notes we shouldn't rely on retirement instincts but it could be an incentive alignment factor.
Use Taxes Or Equity To Align AI Builders
- To keep humans willing to build AIs, require AIs to remit some revenue or issue creators partial equity.
- Use taxes or mandated equity shares to align economic incentives without stripping AI autonomy entirely.
Property Rights Are A Partial Safety Lever
- Property-rights regimes can complement, not replace, alignment: rights reduce collective-action failure but don't solve fast single-agent takeoff.
- Assadi sees property rights as a fallback if alignment proves hard or drifts later.