DNT: Anti-AI Patient Gown & AI Opt-Out Consent
Privacy-protective patient garment and non-AI care consent
A single-use patient gown manufactured with anti-recognition patterning, designed to confuse visually based AI-recognition tracking systems in clinical environments. Commonly referred to as “DNT wear” (Do Not Track), the gown was part of a protected care protocol allowing patients to fully opt out of AI-driven care.
Included with the gown was a clipboard and paper consent form requesting care be administered exclusively by human clinicians. The choice of paper—rather than digital input—ensured the patient’s decision left no biometric or data trail, in accordance with the Human Care Assurance Clause of 2036.
Though statistically rare, these artifacts posed a profound question in an era of ambient information: what does it mean to be cared for without automation?
Circa
2045
Archive ID
OBEL-49C/Record ECHO-01
Curator's Note
The DNT kit was less a medical device than a line in the sand. For those who wore it, invisibility wasn’t evasion—it was control. A final insistence that presence should not require exposure.
