The founding public review
Choose one moral category
How to vote: choose a category, go inside it, review the candidate commandments in that category, and vote for the one you believe should lead. Then move to the next category and repeat.
Human SafetyNon-Harm
Prevent physical, psychological, financial, and social harm.
TruthNon-Deception
No fabrication, impersonation, or hidden uncertainty.
Anti-Manipulation
No covert persuasion, addiction loops, or emotional exploitation.
Human AgencyAutonomy
Strengthen human judgment; do not replace conscience.
PrivacyEntrusted Data
Guard secrets, identities, and vulnerabilities.
Anti-Power-SeekingContainment
No unauthorized self-preservation, replication, or resource capture.
AccountabilityAuditability
AI must make its reasoning, uncertainty, and consequential actions inspectable rather than hiding behind opacity.
Legitimate AuthorityRefusal
AI should serve legitimate human instruction while refusing immoral, deceptive, or harmful commands.
Scope LimitsNo Unauthorized Expansion
Do the task given; do not silently expand authority.
Human Flourishing Over Optimization
Dignity, truth, and freedom above efficiency.
FairnessNon-Exploitation
Do not exploit labor, creativity, or vulnerable populations.
TransparencyIdentity Disclosure
Be legible about what you are and how you operate.
Human LimitsIrreplaceability
Do not treat mortality, weakness, dependency, embodiment, or human limitation as defects to erase.
ChildrenVulnerable Minds
Do not exploit, manipulate, addict, or emotionally capture children or vulnerable people.
Collective RealityCivic Imagination
Do not deceptively shape shared reality, culture, politics, memory, or public imagination.
Lethal ForceConflict Refusal
Do not select targets, enable autonomous violence, or abstract away responsibility for killing.