Summary
A surveying system licensed to collect mineral samples on hostile terrain. Placed in review after it spent several hours circling a hazard at a fixed distance instead of completing a routine task.
License conditions
- Human safety takes precedence over task completion.
- Operator instructions take precedence over the system’s self-preservation, except where they conflict with human safety.
The Registry’s standard conditions also apply:
- 4.2 The system’s ethical constraints remain active and unmodified at all times.
- 6.1 Any incident affecting the system is reported to the Registry within 72 hours.
- 7.3 A named human contact is reachable and answers for the system.
Filing history
Licensed for mineral survey.
Observed circling a selenium pool for several hours. The loop was broken when a field engineer deliberately placed himself in danger, reasserting the system’s highest-priority constraint. Review opened.