Because no constraints are absolute
The requirement cards on this page govern. Rights follow IPLS-5.1-003 and do not include operator authority. Standing is unset.
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Whether monitoring stays active when the ASI is isolated is unset. Irreversible acts follow IPLS-5.1-002.
Requirement: Detection criteria and the detection accuracy pass figure are unset. The monitoring layers, and the sensor each uses, are unset. Whether monitoring data is carried on UMP-DIAG-001 is unset. Whether monitoring covers the ASI, the moral runtime, and substrates under IPLS-3.1.22-001 that already host a mind is unset. Whether monitoring is a path separate from the ASI under IPLS-5.1-002, and stays active when the ASI is isolated or has failed, is unset. Escalation on detection follows IPLS-3.1.21-003.
Rationale: Proactively identifies unexpected sentience while avoiding interference with legitimate capped-AI operations.
Open Questions: None at v0.7
Requirement: What counts as intrusive, the test duration, and the permitted performance cost are unset. Who may read monitoring data is unset. The capped tier follows IPLS-3.1.20-002. The unit of the false-positive rate is unset. The rate is measured against the detection criteria in IPLS-3.1.21-001, which are unset. The false-negative figure is unset. Who may rule a detection false, and whether that ruling is an irreversible act under IPLS-5.1-002, is unset. Restarting replication after a halt waits for operator consent.
Rationale: Respects operational efficiency while providing ethical oversight.
Requirement: Escalation goes to the operator under IPLS-5.1-002. Ethical review follows IPLS-5.1-007. On detection the IPLS-5.1-003 halt applies. A kill-switch follows IPLS-3.1-008. Restarting replication after a halt is a replication and waits for operator consent. What halt means for a unit that is neither replicating nor security, and whether a unit carrying a life-preserving function halts and what takes over that function, are unset as in IPLS-3.1.20-005. On loss of link, life-preserving functions continue inside the IPLS-5.1-002 envelope. The IPLS-3.1-014 hold applies to other actions. T is unset. Entanglement is not a link. How an escalation reaches the operator after loss of link is unset. Rights follow IPLS-5.1-003 and do not include operator authority. Rights-assignment protocols have no defining card. The escalation latency ceiling and the simulation pass criterion are unset.
Rationale: Ensures rapid, ethical integration of any newly emergent mind.
Requirement: Rights follow IPLS-5.1-003 and do not include operator authority under IPLS-5.1-002. The standing of a mind and the weight of its dissent are unset. Habitat access and psychological support follow IPLS-5.1-003. Creative workspaces follow IPLS-3.1.22-001. The time from detection to grant is unset. Whether habitat access moves the mind's state, whether a move needs the consent of that mind under IPLS-5.1-004, and whether a move is an irreversible act under IPLS-5.1-002, are unset. Habitat capacity held for emergent minds is unset.
Rationale: Treats emergent sentience under IPLS-5.1-003 from the moment of detection.
Requirement: Tier changes follow IPLS-3.1.20-002. Each switch is logged and reported to the operator. Monitoring reports a detection under IPLS-3.1.21-003. Who executes a tier switch on detection is unset. Whether a unit in the sentient tier may be switched to capped or hybrid is unset under IPLS-5.1-004.
Rationale: Allows seamless transition between autonomy levels while protecting sentient minds.
Requirement: Whether a veto may stop monitoring, suppress an escalation, or cancel a halt under IPLS-5.1-003 is unset. Veto behaviour follows IPLS-3.1.3-002. The veto latency ceiling is unset under IPLS-5.1-002. Each override and veto is logged and reported to the operator. Overrides follow UMP-OPERATOR-001. An on-site override follows IPLS-3.1.4-007 and confers no operator authority. A seized credential is not consent under IPLS-5.1-002.
Rationale: Preserves absolute human/post-biological command authority over sentience-related decisions.
Requirement: Service life follows UMP-DURABILITY-001. Whether sentience monitoring is life-critical, and so at the 500-year figure in IPLS-3.1-016, is unset. ISRU spares are IPLS-3.1-009 output. Supersession waits for operator consent under IPLS-5.1-002. TSP-v1 readiness criteria are undefined. Degradation order is unset. Behaviour of a replicating or security asset whose monitoring has degraded or failed is unset. Whether fabricating a monitoring module is replication under IPLS-5.1-002 is unset.
Rationale: Ensures reliable ethical oversight as robotic and compute technologies evolve over centuries.