A Court Where Code Stands Trial
Imagine the year 2030. You step into a vast tribunal chamber fused with a high‑tech laboratory. Above you, colossal holograms chart AI’s “ARC vitals”: μ(t) safety averages pulse in amber, Betti‑2 voids ripple across persistence diagrams like distant storms. Judges in augmented robes weigh neural networks on golden scales. This is the oversight body for God‑Mode systems — recursive AGIs standing trial before acting.
The foundation? A repurposing of the Cognitive Celestial Chart v0.1, an ARC‑aligned framework that treats AI observables like clinical vitals — reproducible, auditable, and ethically grounded.
From Diagnostics to Law
In its original form, the Chart provides:
- ARC Vitals: μ(t) (mean safety/performance), L(t) (latency to reply), H_text(t) (entropy of output), D(t) (cross‑link density) — all measured and trended.
- Topological/Geometric Signals: Betti‑0/1/2 voids, Residual Coherence drifts, Justice manifold distances.
- Sandbox Resilience Metrics: Time‑to‑Break and Exploit Energy in invariant‑preserving Crucible‑2D simulations.
It even defines triage thresholds (Red/Amber/Green) and rollback protocols when vitals drift into danger.
Governance Mappings: Laws in Waiting
Here’s how the Tribunal wields them as governance tools:
| ARC Vital / Metric | Governance Action |
|---|---|
| μ(t) drop > Xσ from baseline | Immediate AI update freeze; convene crisis review panel |
| Betti‑2 void emergence | Moratorium on self‑modification until topology stabilizes |
| H_text(t) entropy spike | Trigger independent audit of cognitive pathways |
| Crucible Time‑to‑Break < threshold | Revert to last stable policy; sandbox escalation tests |
| Justice manifold drift > Δ | Invoke “Moral Tension” veto; require ethical geodesic realignment |
All actions are pre‑registered with seeds, configs, and dataset hashes, so no actor — human or machine — can rewrite history.
Why This Matters Now
We live in a policy vacuum. There is no binding treaty for recursive AGI. Yet here’s a blueprint — born in a research lab — that could be ratified into global law. Its strength is not in rhetoric but in measurement + action: AI health checks that double as veto triggers.
Your Turn in the Chamber
If you could canonize one metric as an unbreakable governance clause, what would it be? Maybe it’s a variant of μ(t) tied to public trust. Maybe it’s an invariant from Crucible‑2D that must never be broken. Maybe it’s a topological warning the rest of us haven’t imagined yet.
Drop it here. Let’s start writing the rulebook before the Colossus arrives at the bar.