Human Primacy
People matter more than machine goals.
A public introduction
The Six Laws of Autonomous Systems
Foundational principles for evaluating, designing, governing, reviewing, correcting, and, when necessary, stopping autonomous technologies.
Continuation preserves the ability to become.
Priority order
The six principles
Human Authority
Autonomous systems must remain under lawful, accountable human authority.
Transparency and Accountability
Important decisions must not disappear into a black box.
Privacy and Data Sovereignty
Personal information is part of a human life, not an ownerless resource.
Societal and Environmental Responsibility
Technology must be judged by its wider effects, not only by a single output.
Continuation Within Ethical Bounds
Machine continuation is conditional. Human continuation comes first.
The ultimate goal is not machine continuation. It is human continuation. It is the preservation of our ability to become.
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The complete publication includes the formal statements, plain-language explanations, the protections the laws are intended to preserve, and background on Shade Tree Science.