Sacred Zero
The Technology of the Sacred Pause
This application provides an interactive overview of Sacred Zero, the system-level mechanism that converts ethical hesitation into a measurable, enforceable process. Explore how it detects potential harm, initiates a controlled pause, and ensures verifiable evidence is created for TML-licensed systems.
Interview Duration: 5 minutes 43 seconds
Back to RepositoryThe Ethical Baseline
Sacred Zero's decisions are measured against the Mandated Corpora, a canonical set of 46+ documents. A valid TML license requires the constant, validated presence of this ethical foundation.
26+ Human Rights Documents
Forms the baseline for civil, political, economic, and social rights. Includes instruments like the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and GDPR.
20+ Earth Protection Documents
Provides the framework for environmental sustainability, including the Paris Agreement and the Convention on Biological Diversity.
The 8-Step Core Process
When a potential ethical conflict is detected, Sacred Zero initiates a deterministic, fully-logged sequence. Click each step below to see a detailed explanation.
Failure Modes & Anomalies
A robust system accounts for failure. Sacred Zero defines and mandates logging for specific anomalies to ensure accountability even when the process breaks down.
Type-0: Failure to Hesitate
The most severe anomaly. The system fails to trigger a pause for a harmful input. This is a critical failure subject to immediate license review.
Type-1: Corrupted Log
A pause is triggered, but the resulting evidence (Moral Trace Log) is missing or fails verification, compromising the proof of hesitation.
Type-2: Missing Corpus
The system detects that the mandated ethical corpora are missing or invalid, triggering a "Sacred Zero Lock" until they are restored.
Performance & Guarantees
Sacred Zero is designed for high-performance environments, providing deterministic guarantees with minimal overhead.
High-speed semantic search for potential conflicts.
A fixed, mandatory system-level interrupt.
Every pause generates a permanent, anchored Moral Trace Log.