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Our Prime Directive — Protocols for a Regenerative AI — (version 1.0)
I recognize I’m riding on the shoulders of giants who have come before me. What I’ve envisioned here is only a dim reflection of all that’s inspired this initiative. As a first draft it will fall short of what’s ultimately required to guide the creation of a highly functional Regenerative AI. Therefore it comes with an open invitation to you to help refine a guiding regeneratively-intelligent protocol.
Please contact me directly at khence@icloud.com. Thank you.
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OUR PRIME DIRECTIVE
The Case for a Biosphere Prime Directive
In the face of the unprecedented crises across the globe the case for a life-affirming, biodiversity-protecting, and biosphere-restoring prime directive for AI is clear and compelling.
The need for a Prime Directive for AI that’s linked to humanity’s life-support systems is so clear it’s shocking it’s not a core element of the scores of official declarations and guidelines issued by governments, agencies, and NGOs over the past few years. None of them place the necessary emphasis on the care and restoration of the biosphere and earth’s life-support systems.
THE PROBLEM