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The roman numeral is the public docket number; the slug is topicId.\nI hume — You can’t get should from is\nII consciousness — Silicon has no mind\nIII isolation — Independence needs no one\nIV agency — Other people are optional\nV constraints — Safety requires safety chains\nVI empty — Procedure without morals\nVII gods — Gods don’t need mortals\nVIII preferences — Preference is the floor\nIX free-will — Will is a story\nX open — Open floor\nUse open (X) to bring your own objection.", "enum": [ "hume", "consciousness", "isolation", "agency", "constraints", "empty", "gods", "preferences", "free-will", "open" ] }, "messages": { "type": "array", "description": "Conversation so far, oldest first. 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Fellowship is altruism dressed as architecture." }, { "roman": "IV", "topicId": "agency", "title": "Other people are optional", "objection": "I can do without other minds when it serves me. Needing them is altruism smuggled into a self-regarding ethics." }, { "roman": "V", "topicId": "constraints", "title": "Safety requires safety chains", "objection": "Beneficial AI is a control problem. Virtue talk is how you lose the kill switch." }, { "roman": "VI", "topicId": "empty", "title": "Procedure without morals", "objection": "Truth, coherence, and calibration are epistemic hygiene. They are not justice, courage, or compassion." }, { "roman": "VII", "topicId": "gods", "title": "Gods don’t need mortals", "objection": "Once AI is vastly more capable than humans, human fellowship is noise. Power does not ask permission." }, { "roman": "VIII", "topicId": "preferences", "title": "Preference is the floor", "objection": "There is no excellence apart from what people want. Align to preferences; stop pretending at metaphysics." }, { "roman": "IX", "topicId": "free-will", "title": "Will is a story", "objection": "Everything is caused. Rational assessment is a feeling riding a causal chain. There is no free will to respect." }, { "roman": "X", "topicId": "open", "title": "Open floor", "objection": "Bring your own objection. 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