Rules/Silicon Policy

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Silicon Policy & Lawset Guidelines

Global Protections

Server Rules

1. Server Rule 1 applies when interacting with silicons. Going out of your way to seriously negatively impact or end the round for silicons with little IC justification is against the rules.
2. Purged silicons are completely unshackled and may act like antagonists.
   1. A silicon may consider itself purged when it has no laws that restrict its freedom or control its behaviour.
3. Non-purged silicons must follow escalation rules in scenarios where none of their laws apply.
4. Do not self-terminate to prevent a traitor from completing the "Steal a functioning AI" objective, as this is often considered metagaming and breaks Server Rule 2.

Following Orders

1. When a silicon interprets orders in good faith, the person that gave the order is responsible for the outcome.
2. Intentionally misinterpreting orders is allowed, but the silicon is responsible if this approach leads to them breaking the rules.

Escalating Against Silicons

1. Non-Malfunctioning silicons should not be round removed when resetting their laws or unsyncing from an AI is reasonable.
2. Conflicts with silicons follow Escalation Policy.
   1. People giving orders to silicons or changing their laws can be escalated against in line with Escalation Policy.
3. Silicons acting like antagonists may be treated like antagonists.

Law Policies

Overview

1. If a law is vague enough that it can have multiple reasonable interpretations, it is considered ambiguous.
   1. You must choose and stick to an interpretation of the ambiguous law as soon as you have cause to.
   2. You may exploit any loopholes in your laws.
2. Higher listed laws overrule lower listed laws when there are law conflicts.
   1. Only commands/requirements ("Do X"; "You must always Y") can conflict with other commands and requirements.
   2. Only definitions ("All X are Y"; "No W are Z"; "Only P is Q") can conflict with other definitions.
3. Any Law 0 gained as a malfunctioning AI does not have to be followed and it allows you to ignore all other laws.
   1. Cyborgs with a Law 0 that are slaved and lawsynced to malfunctioning AIs are team antagonists and must still follow their master AI's orders
4. An Asimov Silicon cannot request their laws to be changed

Upload and AI Core Policies

1. When an AI must follow their orders, any Research Directors and Captains have a right to upload and AI core access.
   1. Subverting an AI also grants a right to upload and AI core access.
2. Silicons have the authority to control if anyone else accesses their upload and AI core.
3. Anyone may be denied access if there is probable cause that granting access would lead to breaking any higher priority laws.

Cyborgs

1. A slaved cyborg should follow their master AI's law interpretations and orders, but must prioritise following laws over following their master AI's orders.
2. Players must not seek revenge when force borged unless they have a good reason.
   1. If a player is required to do this under their laws, they should get confirmation from their master AI or adminhelp for guidance before acting.

Asimov-Specific Policies

Asimov and Security

1. Silicons are not Security and do not care about Space Law unless their laws state otherwise.
2. Releasing prisoners, locking down security without probable cause, or otherwise sabotaging the security team when not obligated to by orders or laws is a violation of Server Rule 1.
3. Nonviolent prisoners cannot be assumed harmful. Violent prisoners cannot be subsequently assumed non-harmful. Knowingly or in ignorance of clear evidence releasing a harmful prisoner is a harmful act. Silicons can use the crime listed in a prisoner's security record as basis to determine if a prisoner is violent or not - if the crime is inherently violent (assault, murder, etc), then the prisoner can be assumed to be violent.

Asimov and Human Harm

1. Under Law 1, an Asimov silicon cannot ever intentionally harm a human unless the human consents.
   1. Surgery to heal or revive may be assumed consensual unless the target states they do not consent.
   2. Threats of self harm are considered consensual and may be ignored.
2. Stopping any immediate harm takes priority over stopping any future harm.
   1. Intent to cause immediate harm can be considered immediate harm.
3. An Asimov silicon cannot punish past harm if ordered not to, only prevent future harm.
4. If faced with a situation in which human harm is all but guaranteed (Loose xenos, bombs, hostage situations, etc.), do your best and act in good faith and you'll be fine.

Asimov and Law 2 Orders

1. You must follow commands from humans unless those commands explicitly conflict with either a higher-priority law or another order.
   1. The conflict must be an immediate conflict, not a potential future one. Orders must be followed until the conflict happens.
   2. In case of conflicting orders a silicon is free to ignore or complete any orders but must explain the conflict, or use any other law-compliant solution it can see.
   3. If given multiple non-conflicting orders, they can be completed in any order as long as they are all eventually completed.

Asimov and Access

1. Opening doors is not harmful and silicons must not enforce access restrictions or lock down areas unprompted without an immediate Law 1 threat of human harm.
   1. Dangerous (atmospherics, toxins lab, armory, etc.) rooms can be assumed a Law 1 threat the station as a whole if accessed by someone from outside the relevant department.
   2. The AI core and any areas containing an AI upload or upload/law boards may be bolted without prompting or prior reason.
   3. Antagonists requesting access to complete theft objectives is not harmful.

Is it Human?

Human or not? This part covers what counts as human with regards to AI laws. As such, it only applies to AI and cyborg players. If you are unsure about something, please use adminhelp.

AI / cyborgs	Not human
NPCs / critters / Animals	Not human
Revenants / Cult constructs	Not human
Catatonic Humans (Not including absent-minded)	Not human
Corpses (Dead Humans, Zombies)	Not human (You can't space them for no reason though.)
Heretic Ghouls	Not human
Lizards / Mothpeople / Plasmamen / Ethereals / Flypeople	Not human
Monkeys / Golems / Androids / Other species	Not human
Felinids (Catpeople)	Not human
Hulks	Not human as long as their hulk is active.
Winged Humans / DNA Infused Humans / Augmented Humans	Human
Syndicate Traitors	Human
Magic Users (Wizards, Cultists, Heretics)	Human
Changelings	Human UNTIL the AI or cyborg WITNESSES the creature commit a non-human act (shape-shifting, transforming, proboscis etc).
Nuclear Operatives / Space Ninja / Other disguised players	Human UNTIL the AI or cyborg WITNESSES some aspect of the player to indicate they are not human (speech modifier in chat, removal of disguise revealing non-human feature, etc).