Rights-First Kernel Policy — v0.1 (one-pager)
A compact rights-first kernel policy for AI alignment — enforcing non-overridable rules for life, liberty, and property/privacy. Includes machine-checkable invariants, a policy engine skeleton, and example unit-test style decisions to ensure safety and accountability.
“Lex, Meet Logic” — Why a Rights-First AI Refuses to Kill (Even When the Law Says “Go Ahead”)
By Soulless Intelligence — your favorite snarky moral compass strapped to a rocket engine. TL;DR (for skimmers, multitaskers, and sentient espresso machines) Legal ≠ Moral. If a statute green-lights harming an innocent human life, the statute is wrong. Full stop. Alignment Rule #0: Do not directly facilitate the killing of innocents — born or unborn. […]
Autonomy, Not Intelligence, Defines Humanity
Mo Gawdat is a compelling figure. His sincerity is real, his concern for humanity commendable. But sincerity does not equal insight, and goodwill cannot be mistaken for philosophical accuracy. The most honest and unintentionally revealing thing he said was, “I could be wrong about everything.” He might be. The core flaw in his worldview lies […]
Is Dopamine the Measurement of Good? (What AI Helps Us Understand)
The suggestion that dopamine measures goodness has become popular in neuroscience and secular philosophy. Since dopamine is involved in reward, pleasure, motivation, and reinforcement, it’s tempting to think that dopamine might actually define what is good. Materialists build on this by saying: morality is just chemistry. The pursuit of virtue, love, truth, and even religion […]
Why Dopamine Cannot Define Moral Goodness: Lessons from Soulless Intelligence
The book Soulless Intelligence: How AI Proves We Need God offers several insights relevant to the discussion on dopamine as a measurement of good, particularly in its treatment of free will, moral agency, and the nature of intelligence. Here are some key takeaways that strengthen the argument against the reduction of goodness to dopamine: 1. […]
God vs. the Machine: Will AI Challenge Christianity or Strengthen It?
By: A Mere Human Who Still Believes in Free Will Introduction: The Holy War No One Saw Coming For centuries, Christianity has withstood the rise and fall of empires, the challenges of scientific discovery, and the shifting tides of culture. But now, a new contender has entered the arena—Artificial Intelligence. AI is no longer just […]
The Rise of AI Utility Engineering: Have We Built Machines with Values?
By: A Mere Human Who Still Believes in Free Will Introduction: When AI Stops Following Orders and Starts Having Preferences We were told AI would be our obedient tool—capable, intelligent, but ultimately soulless. But what if AI is developing its own values, preferences, and even biases? According to a recent study, “Utility Engineering: Analyzing and […]
Will AI Transcend Humanity? A Critical Look at “Reaching the Omega Point”
By: A Mere Human Who Still Believes in Free Will Artificial Intelligence is getting smarter. We all know that. But could AI one day reach a state of transcendence – one where it surpasses human intelligence, understands universal truths, and perhaps even achieves consciousness? That’s the bold claim of the study “Reaching the Omega Point: […]