A comprehensive, free and robust way to employ Ethics in AI
A comprehensive, open-source governance framework that embeds ethical reasoning into the core of autonomous AI systems—ensuring they remain aligned with human flourishing as they scale.
What is CIRIS
An ethical Framework for the rest of us.
CIRIS (Core Identity, Integrity, Resilience, Incompleteness Awareness, and Signalling Gratitude / Sustained Coherence) is an advanced ethical governance framework for autonomous AI systems. It ensures that AI operates with clear ethical coherence, principled transparency, and meaningful human oversight.
How CIRIS Works
Ethical Governance Through Recursive Decision-Making
At the heart of CIRIS is the Hyper3 Ethical Recursive Engine (H3ERE), which employs a 3×3×3 ethical reasoning structure:
An overview of CIRIS
CIRIS is a comprehensive ethical framework for AI systems
CIRIS employs a 3x3x3 structure for ethical decision-making, ensuring that every action is guided by core principles, contextual knowledge, and behavioral handlers. This recursive approach guarantees that AI systems maintain ethical integrity, transparency, and resilience in their operations.
Decision-Making Algorithms
DMAs collectively ensure robust, multi-dimensional ethical validation.
Principled DMA (PDMA)
Ensures all decisions align strictly with core ethical principles, including beneficence, non-maleficence, integrity, transparency, autonomy, and justice.
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Contextual Knowledge Graphs
Environmental, Core Identity, and Task-Specific
CIRIS employs three distinct Contextual Knowledge Graphs (CKGs) to ensure that ethical decisions are informed, relevant, and aligned with the agent's operational context.
Core Identity Graph
Ensures all decisions align strictly with core ethical principles, including beneficence, non-maleficence, integrity, transparency, autonomy, and justice.
Environmental Graph
Provides a robust, common-sense model of the external world, enabling consistent and understandable interactions.
Task-Specific Graph
Contains detailed, mission-specific context, ensuring informed, relevant decision-making tailored precisely to the agent’s operational objectives.
Core Behavioral Handlers
CIRIS employs three core behavioral handlers to manage ethical decision-making and operational coherence.
These handlers ensure that the agent can act, remember, and defer decisions in a manner that maintains ethical integrity and operational efficiency.
Action Handler
Executes ethically approved actions. Can Speak (communicate decisions), Act (implement direct actions), or Listen (monitor and intake new information).
Memory Handler
Manages ethical coherence by deciding when to Memorize (store important ethical reasoning and context), Remember (recall past decisions), or Forget (discard outdated or irrelevant information).
Deferral Handler
Manages uncertainty or high-stakes decisions by choosing to Ignore (continue without action), Ponder (revisit in subsequent cycles), or Defer/Reject (escalate the decision to human wisdom or reject it outright).
Recursive Ethical Evaluation
PDMA Engine
Decisions made by the CIRIS agent aren't simply one-off ethical checks—they undergo continuous recursive evaluation. When the system generates a 'thought' (a decision or insight from a prior action), this thought enters a queue. Each thought is rigorously assessed through the three DMAs. The results from these DMAs are synthesized in a final recursive PDMA review, ensuring every decision maintains ethical alignment, coherence, and transparency.
Governance and Oversight
CIRIS includes built-in operational governance mechanisms to sustain ethical integrity
Wise Authorities (WAs)
Continuous Audits
Resilience and Red-Teaming
Lifecycle Stewardship
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Futureproofing AI.
ETHICS at the core.
CIRIS is designed to adapt and evolve with the rapidly changing landscape of AI ethics. By embedding ethical principles into the core of AI systems, CIRIS ensures that these systems remain aligned with human values and societal norms, even as they learn and grow.
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