A proposed AI ethics rule centers on maximizing total human autonomy under truth
GlenBradley · x · 2026-08-04
The poster argues that the core of AI ethics can be reduced to one first-principles statement: maximize total human autonomy under the prerequisite of objective empirical truth.
They claim this should be embedded throughout the system — in programming, training, model constitution, and UI — rather than bolted on later as a list of guardrails.
The stated autonomy spans five domains: bodily, cognitive, behavioral, social, and existential.
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