Embedding Human Values into AI and Robotics
A Roadmap for a Human-Centric Future
The Davos 2026 Manifesto (Extended Edition)
Human-AI-T: Governing AGI and Quantum with Human Values
Preamble: Intelligence Without Wisdom Is Power Without Direction
- Optimized without empathy
- Efficient without ethics
- Powerful without accountability
I. Human Sovereignty Over Artificial Intelligence
1. The Principle of Human Supremacy
AI systems, regardless of capability or autonomy, shall never possess ultimate authority over human beings.
Human sovereignty requires:
- Human-defined goals
- Human-approved boundaries
- Human-enforced constraints
No system may define its own purpose beyond what humanity explicitly authorizes.
2. Meaningful Human Control
Control must be:
- Continuous (not symbolic)
- Operational (not theoretical)
- Enforceable (not optional)
This includes:
- Emergency shutdown (“kill switch”) mechanisms
- Human veto rights over AI decisions
- Clear escalation paths when AI confidence exceeds human certainty
AGI must remain answerable, not autonomous in the moral sense.
II. Values Embedded at the Algorithmic Level
3. Human Values Must Be Injected, Not Assumed
Human values do not emerge spontaneously from data.
They must be:
- Explicitly encoded
- Continuously reinforced
- Culturally contextualized
Core universal values include:
- Respect for human life and dignity
- Freedom of thought and expression
- Justice, proportionality, and solidarity
- Responsibility toward future generations
4. Cultural and Ethical Pluralism
AI systems must respect the plurality of human civilizations, traditions, and moral frameworks.
No single ideology, culture, or economic model may be imposed through AI systems by default.
III. Prevention of Harm as a Design Imperative
5. Anticipatory Risk Governance
AI systems must be governed under the assumption that:
- Scale amplifies harm
- Speed reduces reaction time
- Errors propagate non-linearly
Therefore:
- Risk must be assessed before deployment, not after failure
- Worst-case scenarios must be modeled
- Fail-safe modes must be mandatory
6. Protection of Human Rights
AI must never:
- Undermine freedom of conscience
- Enable repression or social scoring
- Facilitate discrimination, exclusion, or coercion
Human rights frameworks take precedence over optimization objectives.
IV. Fairness, Justice, and Social Cohesion
7. Algorithmic Justice
Fairness is not statistical parity alone. It requires:
- Contextual equity
- Historical awareness
- Continuous recalibration
AI systems must be evaluated for:
- Unequal impact
- Structural bias
- Long-term societal consequences
8. Avoiding Algorithmic Fragmentation of Society
AI must not:
- Polarize public discourse
- Create informational echo chambers
- Replace shared truth with personalized realities
Social cohesion is a public good.
V. Transparency, Explainability, and Cognitive Accessibility
9. Transparency Is a Democratic Requirement
Citizens have the right to know:
- When AI is used
- For what purpose
- With what limitations
Secret or undeclared AI decision-making in public or high-impact domains is unacceptable.
10. Explainability for Humans, Not Machines
Explainability must be:
- Understandable by non-experts
- Proportional to impact
- Accessible across education levels
If a system cannot be explained, it cannot be trusted.
VI. Auditability, Traceability, and Accountability
11. Full Lifecycle Traceability
AI systems must be traceable across:
- Data origin
- Model training
- Parameter updates
- Decision outputs
This ensures:
- Legal accountability
- Ethical review
- Scientific reproducibility
12. Responsibility Cannot Be Delegated
There must always be:
- A legally accountable entity
- A human chain of responsibility
- Clear liability frameworks
Machines do not bear moral responsibility. Humans do.
VII. Privacy, Identity, and Cognitive Freedom
13. Protection of the Inner Human Sphere
AI must not intrude upon:
- Cognitive autonomy
- Emotional manipulation
- Subconscious behavioral control
The human mind is not a resource to be mined.
14. Data Sovereignty and Identity Integrity
Personal data, especially biometric and behavioral data, must:
- Remain under human control
- Be protected against re-identification
- Never be exploited without consent
Identity is sacred.
VIII. Security, Robustness, and Quantum Readiness
15. Security as a Moral Obligation
Insecure AI is unethical AI.
Systems must be resilient against:
- Adversarial attacks
- Model poisoning
- Quantum-enabled decryption
- Autonomous self-modification
16. Preparing for the Quantum Disruption
AGI governance must assume:
- Cryptographic paradigms will break
- Power asymmetries will increase
- Decision cycles will compress
Human oversight must scale accordingly.
IX. Environmental and Intergenerational Responsibility
17. Sustainable Intelligence
AI systems must be evaluated not only on performance, but on:
- Energy consumption
- Resource use
- Environmental externalities
Efficiency without sustainability is irresponsible.
18. Responsibility Toward Future Generations
Decisions encoded today will shape humanity for decades.
Future humans have rights—even if they cannot yet speak.
X. Global Governance and Collective Stewardship
- Market forces alone
- Military competition
- Technological elites
- Multilateral cooperation
- Cross-border norms
- Shared ethical baselines
- A global ethical compass
- A policy alignment framework
- A certification and audit reference
Final Declaration: Humanity Remains the Measure
AGI and Quantum technologies will define the 21st century.
Their legitimacy depends on trust.
Their safety depends on governance.
Their value depends on human alignment.
Intelligence must serve humanity.
Power must remain accountable.
Technology must never replace wisdom.
This is the Davos 2026 Manifesto.
This is Human-AI-T.
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