Constitutional AI Governance
LeMay Research Division
LeMay Publishing
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Constitutional AI Governance
Policy7,900 words56 chapters
Published by LeMay Publishing. 7,900 words across 56 chapters.
About This Publication
Policy whitepaper on structural constitutional constraint as the solution to AI alignment and safety.
Published by LeMay Publishing, a division of LeMay. Massachusetts.
ISBN: 979-8-0000-5088-0
Chapters
1CONSTITUTIONAL AI GOVERNANCE
2Structural Constitutional Constraint as the Solution to AI Alignment and Safety
3ABOUT THE AUTHOR
4TABLE OF CONTENTS
5EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
6I. THE ALIGNMENT PROBLEM AS A CONSTITUTIONAL PROBLEM
71.1 The Standard Framing and Its Limits
81.2 The Analogy to Political Power
91.3 From Optimization to Governance
10II. THE FAILURE OF BEHAVIORAL APPROACHES
112.1 The Behavioral Paradigm
122.2 The Goodhart Problem
132.3 The Distribution Problem
142.4 The Power Accumulation Problem
15III. CONSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE: PRINCIPLES OF STRUCTURAL CONSTRAINT
163.1 The Six Pillars
173.2 The Logic of Structural Constraint
183.3 The Three Layers of Application
19IV. SEPARATION OF POWERS IN AI SYSTEMS
204.1 The Principle
214.2 Implementation at the Internal Layer
224.3 Implementation at the Organizational Layer
234.4 Implementation at the Sovereign Layer
24V. ENUMERATED AUTHORITIES AND THE DOCTRINE OF LIMITED MANDATE
255.1 The Principle of Enumeration
265.2 The Technical Implementation of Limited Mandate
275.3 Capability Limitation as Constitutional Constraint
285.4 The Necessary Authorities Doctrine
29VI. JUDICIAL REVIEW MECHANISMS: AUTOMATED ADJUDICATION AND OVERRIDE
306.1 The Principle of Independent Review
316.2 Architecture of Automated Adjudication
326.3 The Precedent System
336.4 Human-in-the-Loop as Constitutional Requirement
34VII. THE AMENDMENT PROBLEM: CONTROLLED ADAPTATION UNDER CONSTRAINT
357.1 The Rigidity-Adaptability Tension
367.2 Amendment Procedures for AI Constitutions
377.3 The Problem of Emergent Self-Amendment
38VIII. FEDERALISM OF AI GOVERNANCE: LAYERED SOVEREIGNTY
398.1 The Principle of Layered Governance
408.2 Delineation of Competences
418.3 The Preemption Doctrine
428.4 International Coordination
43IX. IMPLEMENTATION FRAMEWORK: FROM THEORY TO DEPLOYMENT
449.1 The Implementation Roadmap
459.2 Standards and Certification
469.3 Liability Architecture
479.4 The Role of Open Research
48X. OBJECTIONS AND RESPONSES
4910.1 The Efficiency Objection
5010.2 The Anthropomorphism Objection
5110.3 The Technical Infeasibility Objection
5210.4 The International Competition Objection
5310.5 The Stifling Innovation Objection
54XI. CONCLUSION: THE CONSTITUTIONAL IMPERATIVE
55ENDNOTES
56BIBLIOGRAPHY