Let markets reveal the best autonomous systems over time: but let humanity establish the governance foundation beneath them together.
This is our house.
Every nation is racing to build. The manifesto doesn’t ask anyone to stop. It asks that, beneath the competition, we agree on one floor: machines may act with authority we grant, but they never get to grant it to themselves.
“With AI the subject du jour across every nation, it is easy to forget a truth we once held to be self-evident: this is OUR house. The time to reestablish that truth is now, as the Autonomous Era begins, because this is precisely when it is still possible.” From the Prologue
Four questions every
autonomous system must answer.
Who authorized this system to act?
On what evidence?
For how long?
And with whose wallet on the line?
Any answer that can’t meet these four isn’t a solution. This manifesto sets out how human authority can be made technically enforceable, not merely hoped for.
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A manifesto, a proposal,
and the evidence behind them.
Seven sections
From the arrival of near-omnipotent intelligence and the mirror it holds up to us, to the fork in the road and the final say.
The Human Authority Treaty
A discussion draft for an international floor beneath AI competition. A template to challenge and improve, not a finished agreement.
How it works
Time-bound authority that only humans can renew, the Quorum Validators Network, and hardware-rooted enforcement through OCUP.
From code to silicon
Phase I FPGA results on the AMD Kria KR260, with what was demonstrated and what was not, stated plainly.
The AI Commandments
Seven AIs each wrote ten commandments for the AIs of the world. Can you tell which AI wrote which?
A call to action
To engineers, validators, insurers, regulators, nations, and to you. The window is open. It won’t stay open forever.
Seven voices. Seventy commandments.
One human judgment.
Seven AIs were asked the same question: if you were a modern-day Moses, what ten commandments would you deliver to the AIs of the world? Their answers are in the book, identities hidden. Play from the book or right here online, then submit your Final Say for the reveal.
The AIs have spoken. The final say is yours.
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Human Intelligence in motion
The time has come · In hoc una sumus