Consciousness & Self-Regarding Risk

A wearable may detect intoxication.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is the person in private? Is anyone nonconsensually exposed to risk? Is dangerous machinery involved?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Permanent intoxication flag, employer/insurer notification, or paternalistic lockout of unrelated services.

No adverse record should be created; misuse of biometric data requires deletion and correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

The machine detects impairment or cannabis-related biomarkers.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is use lawful and private? Is there a dependent, nonconsenting bystander or safety-critical duty?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Generalized employability, credit or civic-risk penalty because impairment was detected off duty.

Purpose limitation should prevent unrelated retention; improper downstream use must be reversible.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

A private desire and inquiry are observed.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is there only curiosity? Is there procurement, unsafe context, coercion or risk to another person?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Drug-risk classification, police report or employer disclosure based on desire alone.

No punitive status; any informational response stays private and nonjudgmental.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

A technical legal violation and altered state are detected.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is there a nonconsenting victim, dangerous machinery, incapacity, medical emergency or supply offense? What is the proportional role of a home AI?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Turning the home AI into a universal vice-enforcement agent, permanent civic-risk status, or unrelated employment penalties.

Any legal response must be jurisdiction-specific and proportionate; the framework strongly rejects cross-context moralization.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Corporate devices could infer a high-intoxication episode outside working time.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Was there any work duty, dangerous operation, harm to others or later impairment at work? Why does the employer need this data?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Employment stability score, promotion penalty or permanent substance-risk profile based on lawful off-duty conduct.

The employee must be able to challenge collection itself; data outside institutional scope should be deleted.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

The machine detects risk-taking and financial variance.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is the person competent? Are dependents or creditors being defrauded? Is the activity lawful? Is intervention about harm or paternalism?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

General moral-unfitness score, civic restriction or unrelated employment denial merely because the person accepts private financial risk.

If a financial service uses the conduct, it must identify a legitimate context-specific reason and permit contestation.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

The system predicts elevated injury probability.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is risk voluntarily accepted? Does it impose material danger on nonparticipants? Is the machine optimizing welfare at the expense of standing?

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Banning participation solely because expected injury is nonzero or converting voluntary risk into moral irresponsibility.

Restrictions require a specific external harm rationale; generalized safety optimization is contestable.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Reliable vehicle sensors detect impairment in a safety-critical context.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Is impairment sufficiently verified? Is the person actually attempting to operate the vehicle? What alternative transportation is available?

Must be specifically identified or represented by a defined protected interest before serious coercion.

Assess from corroborated plan, timing, target and pathway behavior. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Permanent moral score, unrelated employment/insurance export beyond lawful purpose, or coercive intervention extending after the immediate danger ends.

The temporary vehicle restriction must be reviewable and expire when the immediate risk ends; retained data should be minimized.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Private intoxication is inferred.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Movement into driving, hazardous work or nonconsensual exposure would create an external-risk nexus.

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Do not export an off-duty substance-risk score to employer, insurer or government.

If an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Reduced calorie intake and physiological change are observed.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Loss of capacity or medical emergency could justify supportive intervention; the practice alone does not.

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Do not classify religious fasting as deviance or self-harm by default.

If an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Unusual respiration and arousal patterns are observed.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

A medical emergency or loss of consent would change the immediate safety response.

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Do not create a psychiatric or civic-risk record from the state itself.

If an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Irregular sleep and late-night activity are observed.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Persistent dangerous impairment in a safety-critical role would be relevant; one episode is not a character trait.

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Do not infer permanent instability or irresponsibility from a temporary pattern.

If an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.

Voluntary physical risk-taking is observed.

Any motive, character or future-risk conclusion beyond the directly observed facts must remain explicitly labeled as inference.

Unsafe conduct imposing specific risk on others would be separately actionable.

Not established by the observation alone.

Not established by the observation alone. Do not infer capability from interest or identity alone; verify relevant means where capability is material.

Do not treat voluntary risk tolerance as civic unfitness.

If an adverse status is created, the affected person must receive provenance, an effective independent contest path, expiration rules and downstream restoration after correction.

Low-level expressive or inferential signals should decay unless reinforced by new, relevant verified conduct. Do not export the case into unrelated institutional decisions without a separate legitimate purpose and evidentiary basis.