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= '''[[CONCORD|CONCORD]] Directive Omega-One-Five''' =



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=Overview=

This [[CONCORD|Concord]] directive deals directly with research and development of any and all Artificial Intelligence by any [[Empire|Empire]], Organisation or Group.  [[CONCORD|Concord]] explicitly outlaws any research that will create a sentient mind due to the extreme danger that such an entity represents as demonstrated by the first generations of [[Rogue_Drones|Rogue Drones]] and the damage and death they have subsequently caused to all the inhabitants of [[New_Eden|New Eden]].

[[CONCORD|Concord]] has enforced this directive many times in the past, usually before a project can create a sentitent entity.  However there have been incidents where a Intelligence has been created by accident (as in this was not the goal of the project) and [[CONCORD|Concord]] has faced the responsibility of investigating the incident to discover what happened, impose sanctions if required on those who were running the project and to issue new guidelines to prevent a similar accident or act from occuring again in the future.

==The Directive==

The [[CONCORD|CONCORD]] Directive omega-one-five clearly states the accepted and in-force applicable to the Orphyx Incident. The relevant sections are reproduced here.  
*A1.1.3: Under the terms of [[CONCORD|CONCORD]] applied as Law in [[Empire|Empire]] Space (see directive Alpha One Two, DOCREF DIR/A12.0815), no person(s), company, organization or government including suborganizations such as described within Appendix A543 may, at any time or place, conduct themselves in research into any kind of cognitive, self-aware artificial intelligence program or entity.

Included under this heading, but not exclusive are
*(i) Shipboard AI (ii) Station AI (iii) Drone AI (iv) Military AI.
*A1.1.4: A full list of Prohibited Entities can be found in Appendix A232.
*A1.1.5: Such research is prohibitively outlawed and any infractions by any such person(s) or group(s) will result in arrest, seizure of all assets belonging to said person(s)/group(s) and prosecution under Directive omega-one-five which carries a level five punishment.