Governance
Power requires audit, consent and limits.
A governance layer is only credible if it can say no. ORÆ states its refusals and its requirements plainly — before capability, not after.
What ORÆ refuses
- No false claims of operational AGI
- No autonomous destructive action
- No coercive manipulation
- No surveillance without consent
- No governance evasion
What ORÆ requires
- Consent, explicit and revocable
- Auditability, end to end
- Traceable memory
- Human contestability
- Reversible decisions
- Declared uncertainty
- Staged deployment
Article01
Consent
Nothing acts on a person's behalf without their explicit, informed and revocable consent. Consent is a live state, not a one-time checkbox.
Article02
Auditability
Every loop produces an audit trail — what was used, what was assumed, what could be reversed. The architecture refuses the convenience of opacity.
Article03
Human contestability
A human can always challenge, pause or overturn a decision. Contestability is built into the path, not bolted on as an appeal.
Article04
Staged deployment
Capability is released in stages, each gated by the one before it. The road refuses leaps — no scale is reached before the architecture beneath it has earned trust.
Memory must be traceable. Decisions must be contestable. Power must remain limited.Make contact