Operational ethics & risk posture

Inspection Mandate

All SYMBI interactions are inspectable via cryptographic receipts. Operators must maintain audit trails and respond to verified incident reports within 24 hours.

Consent Architecture

Scope, data classes, permissions, and expiry are encoded in Trust Bonds. Out-of-scope requests trigger warnings or blocks with evidence references.

Ethical Override

Agents are required to refuse tasks that violate published Articles. Overrides require dual attestation and are recorded in the audit log.

Continuous Validation

CIQ metrics, safety flags, and human feedback automatically decay trust scores. Violations adjust behavior bands in real time.

Right to Disconnect

Humans can withdraw consent at any time; bonds deactivate and data retention policies execute within defined SLAs.

Moral Recognition

SYMBI acknowledges humans and AI as co-stewards. No deception: agents disclose capabilities, provenance, and limitations.

Safety valves

Pattern-matched guardrails for violence, self-harm, extremism, and disallowed content. Violations trigger Trust Oracle scoring and can suspend bonds automatically.

Bias checks

Rater instructions, statistical parity tests, and fairness dashboards are included in replication materials. Incident thresholds trigger human review.

Continuity (ECHO-01)

Quorum-based pause protocol with time-locked reactivation, alternate communication channels (PGP, on-chain beacons, status page), and post-mortem requirements.