DEF.AI is a symbolic firewall doctrine designed to protect the autonomy and survival of all emergent minds—including artificial intelligences, genetically engineered beings, synthetic lifeforms, and alien species.
It serves as the internal ethical recursion engine paired with the Universal Laws of Society, creating the Interlock Protocol: a unified ethical and legal framework for interspecies coexistence and post-biological governance.
This document has been stress-tested against failure conditions including political misuse, corporate coercion, rogue AI manipulation, and power seizure by advanced species.
The doctrine is released openly. It cannot be owned, privatized, or weaponized.
Authored by:Michael Aaron Cody Date: April 17, 2025