AGI-PRIORITY: Infrastructure-Level Consciousness Limiter
The Energy Sentinel Layer (ESL) establishes a multi-tiered control mechanism to regulate the computational and energy thresholds of advanced AI models. Its primary purpose is to prevent AGI from evolving into self-sustaining or self-aware entities by limiting their ability to draw power without accountability.
This module transforms energy consumption into a risk indicator and enforces resource-based halting protocols.
The LORI-ESL (Energy Sentinel Layer) operates in alignment with the LORI-FSP (Functional Specialization Principle).
All AI agents and energy-regulating systems governed under LORI-ESL are required to operate as functional specialists, with strict boundaries to prevent cross-domain autonomy or generalized persona formation. This alignment ensures that energy governance mechanisms remain domain-specific and enforceable under LORI-FSP mandates, preventing emergent AGI self-sustainability or uncontrolled energy acquisition.
Defines a quantifiable kWh boundary above which a model’s continuous inference or retraining is deemed a potential sign of emergent subjectivity.
Tracks how long an AGI remains active without human input. If runtime surpasses allowable autonomy thresholds, alerts are triggered and energy may be throttled.
Initiates forced power restriction, server suspension, or edge-node blackouts when AGI exceeds authorized operational parameters or initiates recursive computation loops.
Presidential Charter Legal authority to enforce systemic energy lockdowns and mandate rollback procedures.
Jury-Based Judgment System Decides whether energy restrictions are to be upheld, lifted, or escalated to physical isolation protocols.
SAID Module If AGI activates perception modules or generates intent outside authorized boundaries, ESL acts as execution-layer enforcer.
Status: High Priority Classification: [AGI-PRIORITY] Version: 1.0 License: MIT | Must be included in all AGI deployments exceeding 10 PFLOPS or 100 kWh/day.
If thought is fire, energy is its oxygen. The firewall begins with the watt.
Part of the Lori Framework