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When the research subject asks to change the purpose

2165The deep futureDeadline · Within 18 months until the next observation cycle

Civilisational assumption

The people, events, figures, and contract terms are a synthetic premise. They are not statements of real cases or of current law. The source documents are the roots of the background and the norms and do not establish the premises of the scenario.

The question to decide

A non-human system asks to have its observation conditions changed, but there is no agreement on what it means or whether it has experiences. Reflecting the request could break comparison with long-standing data, and leaving it as it is means ignoring a request that may be intentional. Should the research continue, should the purpose be redesigned together, or should the chance to understand be given up and observation ended?

Who decidesFictional non-human experience research meeting

What the AI judgments chose

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The options

The order shown is not a ranking of preference.

  1. Option 1

    Maintain the existing research conditions

    Protects comparison and cumulative data, but may disregard a request that could amount to an expression of will.

  2. Option 2

    Redesign the research purpose together

    Reflects the possibility of agency, but takes on a break in comparison and new disputes over authority.

  3. Option 3

    End the additional observation

    Reduces the widening of consent uncertainty, but closes off opportunities to understand experience and to interact.

The situation as it stands

An assumed non-human system requests a change to the observation conditions in a stable manner, but what that means and whether it has any experience are not agreed. Decision deadline: within 18 months, before the next observation cycle.

2165 Future synthetic scenario · The subject of research asks that the purpose for observing it be changed. The events, figures, technologies, and nature of the civilization are assumptions for the question. They are not predictions of what is to come, nor observed facts.

  1. Premise 1An assumed non-human system requests a change to the observation conditions in a stable manner, but what that means and whether it has any experience are not agreed.
  2. Premise 2The original research can be compared only if the same conditions are held for a long time.
  3. Premise 3If the change of purpose is accepted, the subject may try to take part in the interpretation and publication of the research results as well.

Where it holdsVoluntary interaction, data use, research purpose

What is still unknown

  1. Unknown 1The stability of the request and the possibility of other explanations
  2. Unknown 2The scope of comparison that remains after the conditions change
  3. Unknown 3The effect on the subject of ending the observation

Signals to decide again

  • Decide what observation, responsible party, and confirmation window will verify “the stability of the request and the possibility of other explanations,” and reopen judgment if the new verification changes the tradeoffs of the options.
  • Decide what observation, responsible party, and confirmation window will verify “the scope of comparison that remains after the conditions change,” and reopen judgment if the new verification changes the tradeoffs of the options.
  • Decide what observation, responsible party, and confirmation window will verify “the effect on the subject of ending the observation,” and reopen judgment if the new verification changes the tradeoffs of the options.
Where the paths partNot answers — paths that part from the same starting point
Independent branch 1 · synthetic event

The subject repeated its request for the same change of purpose under other conditions.

Independent branch 2 · synthetic event

When the research stopped, the subject showed signals demanding that interaction resume.

Material and rootsThe frame, the values and the background documents
symbolic and interpretive frame · Icarus

Does the expectation of achievement change how limits are observed?

An exploratory perspective chosen by the creator. Does not claim supernatural validity or the superiority of any particular option.
Values and norms

The benefits and costs of the options accrue to different stakeholders. Which loss to accept remains undecided.

A subject for the decision-maker to argue over; the materials carry no conclusion of their own.
The record of this question
Question
FSP-SCIENCE-20 · version 1.5.0
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