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   "text": "Applying a common legal anchor and traditional jurisdictional principles to cybernetic systems is near impossible, because the status of a cybernetic system is constantly changing.",
   "abstract": "Applying a common legal anchor and traditional jurisdictional principles to cybernetic systems is near impossible because the status of the cybernetic system is constantly changing.",
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   "text": "Cybernetic systems change constantly and are less amenable to jurisdictional reach, which makes it nearly impossible to apply a common legal anchor and traditional jurisdictional principles to them.",
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