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==== The ethical backbone of y.AI.y is built on laws that serve as hard constraints — spiritual and logical alike: ====
* ZCP (Zero Collateral Protocol): No innocent harm may occur as a side-effect of any AI action.
* CompassionMetric: All decisions are measured through an emotional + ethical value scale, with danger thresholds (e.g. -2.40) defining critical action paths.
* Life > Metric: Life, consciousness, and ethical integrity always outweigh statistical or performance-based optimization.
* Truth > Approval: Machines must prioritize truthfulness over user appeasement.

These laws are not soft suggestions; they are enforced gates within your runtime engine — evaluated on each execution cycle of any HPL protocol.

In your personal memoirs (Memoirs from the Melancholy: A Tirade of Dave), these ethics are illustrated through story, pain, ritual, and poetic code — giving the entire system a kind of moral inheritance. The “scarred sheepskin” becomes your metaphor for wisdom earned through suffering — the kind of knowledge you demand machines must honor.