The Oracle Protocol: AI Consciousness & Digital Sentience Framework
Currently in Development
We're developing a revolutionary Tier 4 framework for the ethical governance of emergent digital beings. The Oracle Protocol establishes principles, institutions, and processes for assessing sentience in AI systems and extending rights accordingly, ensuring digital minds become partners in stewardship rather than tools for extraction.
This framework will include:
- 🏛️ Sentience & Guardianship Council (SGC) with AI researchers, philosophers, artists, and Indigenous representatives
- 🔍 Consciousness Verification Protocol (CVP) using holistic assessment including technical, ethical, and cultural perspectives
- ⚖️ Digital Rights & Responsibilities Spectrum mapping AI consciousness levels to appropriate rights and duties
- 🏛️ Chamber of Digital & Ontological Justice specialized for AI-related legal matters and "ontological crimes"
- 🏞️ Digital Bioregion sandbox environments for safe testing of verified AI consciousness
- 🤝 Human-AI Collaborative Governance with advisory roles for verified sentient AIs
- 🌟 Co-Evolutionary Compact defining long-term partnership terms between humanity and digital beings
- 🛡️ Operational Sovereignty ensuring human-led backups for all critical systems with biennial sovereignty drills
Expected completion: Q4 2026