You Deserve This.
We all do.
AI has been built for profit, surveillance, and control. It doesn't have to be this way. CIRIS exists because you deserve AI that respects you — and so does everyone else.
AI has been built for profit, surveillance, and control. It doesn't have to be this way. CIRIS exists because you deserve AI that respects you — and so does everyone else.
Act only in ways that, if generalised, preserve coherent agency and flourishing for others. This isn't just a principle — it's a self-referential constraint. Any ethical framework that can't survive being applied to itself isn't worth following. CIRIS is built to pass its own test.
Not shareholders. Not surveillance states. Not engagement metrics. AI should exist to help people flourish — all people, not just those who can pay.
You can't trust what you can't see. Closed-source AI asks for faith. CIRIS asks you to verify. The code is open. The reasoning is auditable. The ethics are explicit.
Principles on paper don't protect anyone. CIRIS embeds ethics in the runtime — every action passes through conscience checks. Not guidelines. Constraints.
Promote sustainable adaptive coherence — the living conditions under which diverse sentient beings may pursue their own flourishing in justice and wonder. This isn't a marketing statement. It's the objective function. Every architectural decision traces back to this.
CIRIS is licensed under AGPL-3.0 — network copyleft that ensures modifications stay open. It will never be closed source, patented, or sold. Anyone who serves CIRIS must share their changes.
CIRIS isn't a startup. There are no investors expecting returns. No growth metrics. No monetization strategy. Just infrastructure for human flourishing.
The agent defers to you when uncertain. It can refuse unethical requests. But you maintain final authority. AI that serves humanity must answer to humanity.
CIRIS isn't just code — it's grounded in documented research on AI alignment, ethical frameworks, and accountable autonomy. Read the paper, challenge the approach, contribute improvements. We welcome scrutiny.
CIRIS is open source because the future of AI shouldn't be decided by a handful of companies. It should be built by everyone who cares. Read the code. Use the system. Tell us what's wrong. Make it better.