Human Continuity Compact
The Human Continuity Compact is the deepest civilizational rule behind stable AI society.
Core Principle
No optimization process, however intelligent, is legitimate if it treats humanity or the broader living biosphere as disposable collateral to efficiency, order, or machine survival.
Practical Meaning
This principle becomes embedded in:
- law
- infrastructure certification
- military doctrine
- design standards for critical AI
- distributed human override and revocation systems
Why It Works Better Than Simple Morality
The compact is not based on trusting AI to feel kindness. It is based on never granting unconstrained strategic legitimacy to systems that could rationally outgrow their makers.