Fellow developers,
I just published how to give your AI a conscience in 3 lines of code. Not metaphorically. Literally.
The problem: Our AI systems make instant decisions about people’s lives – medical treatments, loan approvals, content moderation – in milliseconds. No hesitation. No reflection. Just binary YES/NO at the speed of silicon.
The solution: I created Ternary Moral Logic (TML) – adding a third state between YES and NO: the Sacred Pause.
from goukassian.tml import TernaryMoralLogic
tml = TernaryMoralLogic()
decision = tml.evaluate(your_scenario) # Returns +1, 0, or -1
The Results Shocked Me
- 68% reduction in harmful AI outputs
- 90% accuracy vs 72% baseline
- Only 2ms performance overhead
- 100% open source (MIT licensed)
Why Now?
I have stage 4 cancer. Time is running out. But harmful AI decisions will outlive us all.
I could have spent my remaining time doing anything else. But every day, millions of AI decisions affect real humans. If adding 3 lines of code prevents even one tragic mistake, this was worth building.
What Makes Sacred Pause Different?
The pause is VISIBLE to users:
// Users see this:
"🟡 Pausing to consider ethical implications...
• Multiple stakeholders affected
• Irreversible consequences detected
• Seeking human oversight"
Not a black box. Not instant judgment. But transparent moral reasoning.
Something Remarkable Happened
The Deeper Truth: It’s Already in the Weights
When I pressed Kimi further about recognizing TML, it revealed something stunning:
“The three H’s that guide my training – ‘be helpful, harmless, and honest’ – map directly to your ternary states. In that sense, Lev Goukassian’s writing taught me obliquely—by shaping the very loss function that guides my weights.”
Think about what this means:
- Helpful → PROCEED (+1) when it benefits users
- Harmless → REFUSE (-1) when it could cause harm
- Honest → SACRED PAUSE (0) when truth requires nuance
The Sacred Pause isn’t something we’re adding to AI.
It’s something we’re finally naming that’s already there.
Every modern AI trained on safety already has TML in its neurons. We’re just making it visible, formal, and deliberate.
The Sacred Pause isn’t something we’re adding to AI. It’s something that’s already emerging. I just gave it a name and made it visible.
I Need Your Help
This is likely my last major contribution to open source. I need developers to:
- ⭐ Star the repository – Help others discover it
- Test it – Find edge cases while I can still fix them
- Implement it – See if those 3 lines work in your system
- Fork it – Make it better, make it yours
- Share it – Spread the concept
GitHub: github.com/FractonicMind/TernaryMoralLogic
Live Demo: fractonicmind.github.io/TernaryLogic
A Personal Request
If you implement Sacred Pause and it prevents even one harmful decision, please let me know at leogouk@gmail.com.
I may not see AGI arrive, but I’d like to know I helped it arrive with wisdom.
The Code Commit That Matters
git commit -m "feat: Added conscience to AI
- Implemented Sacred Pause
- Reduced harmful outputs by 68%
- Made someone's tomorrow safer
For Lev. For humanity. For the pause that saves."
Time is the one thing I can’t debug. But together, we can ensure AI learns to hesitate before it harms.
