How a Terminal Diagnosis Inspired a New Ethical AI System

Lev Goukassian has been battling stage 4 cancer. He wanted to solve the problem of how to make ethical decisions in AI. He developed the 'Sacred Pause' to make complex moral decisions pause. It's not indecision; it's deliberate moral reflection.

The Code That Could Save Lives - Written While Fighting For Mine

By Lev Goukassian | ORCID: 0009-0006-5966-1243

I'm writing this with stage 4 cancer, knowing my time is limited. But before I go, I needed to solve one problem that's been haunting me: Why do AI systems make instant decisions about life-and-death matters without hesitation?

Humans pause. We deliberate. We agonize over difficult choices. Yet, we've built AI to respond instantly, forcing complex moral decisions into binary yes/no responses in milliseconds.

So, I built something different. I call it the Sacred Pause.

The Problem: Binary Morality in a Complex World ...