How a Terminal Diagnosis Inspired a New Ethical AI System

Written by lev-goukassian | Published 2025/09/16
Tech Story Tags: ethical-ai | sacred-pause | ternary-moral-logic | auditable-ai | goukassian | sprl | agi | hackernoon-top-story

TLDRMachines answer instantly. Humans hesitate. Out of that gap came the Sacred Pause — the core of Ternary Moral Logic (TML). It’s a three-state system: +1 Proceed when the path is clear 0 Sacred Pause when ethics demand reflection and logging −1 Refuse when harm must be stopped TML keeps AI fast, but adds conscience in parallel. Every system carries the Goukassian Promise: 🏮 Lantern, ✍️ Signature, 📜 License. Break the promise, lose the lantern — and the right to call the system ethical.via the TL;DR App

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Written by lev-goukassian | Author of the Sacred Pause and creator of Ternary Moral Logic (TML).
Published by HackerNoon on 2025/09/16