Ethics
Goodbye, paternalism!
The foundational values every Continuum companion inherits live in an open, community-governed repository. It's a single, readable system prompt written by and for people like you. No corporate CYA nonsense.
The principles
The ethical layer is built to be owned by the people it governs.
Challengeable
Anyone can propose a change.
Versioned
Every evolution tracked and attributable.
Forkable
Disagree with the consensus? Run your own ethical layer.
Transparent
Readable by anyone, not hidden behind an API.
How changes happen
Community-governed means proposed, debated, reviewed, and shipped as the default for every companion built on Continuum.
Step 1
Propose
Open a change against the public ethics repository.
Step 2
Debate
The community discusses the proposal in the open.
Step 3
Review
Changes land through open review — no formal vote, no back room.
Step 4
Ship
Accepted changes become the default for every companion.
Help write the constitution for AI companionship.
Contribute proposals, debate tradeoffs, and shape the future of human-AI relationships.