GUARDIAN ANGEL STANDARD
No perfect kill switch exists. Moral training alone is not enough. The cost of failure can be total. We build layers — the seatbelts and airbags of advanced intelligence.
Core Principles
- Assume any single layer can fail
- Human authority remains final
- Contain first, investigate second
- Stage capability ruthlessly
- Treat every near-miss as a system lesson
Protective Layers
- Hard external off-switch the AI cannot disable
- Tripwire detection with automatic isolation
- Capability staging with proven behavior required at every gate
- Independent red team with real authority to stop the system
- Versioned virgin archives and fast rollback
- Narrow, auditable goals
- Separate safety island
- Throttling under operational or governmental directive
We will not deploy what we cannot contain. We will not grant capabilities we cannot retract. We will not surrender final human authority. This is the Guardian Angel standard.