New Galicia Accord

The New Galicia Accord is a cornerstone of interstellar law and governs the creation, deployment, and limitations of artificial beings, especially those designed to replicate or replace human judgment.

Signed after high-profile incidents involving autonomous machines, the Accord forbids the creation of self-aware, decision-making artificial intelligences intended to operate independently of a human overseer.

The line is clear: machines may assist, simulate, or execute, but they must not supplant.

Under the Accord, autonomous self-aware AI is explicitly outlawed. Machines that appear too intelligent may be restricted or dismantled even if they were not designed to violate the rules. Entities known as fabricants, especially humanoid or semi-humanoid constructs, are under particular scrutiny if they show signs of independent thought or moral reasoning.

Testing protocols exist to detect prohibited levels of self-awareness, but enforcement is inconsistent and politicized. Even machines that are not truly sentient can be deemed too clever and classified as violations if they demonstrate behaviors resembling personhood.

To defenders, the New Galicia Accord is a necessary bulwark against machines replacing or undermining humanity. To critics, it is a reactionary legal chokehold used to suppress innovation, deny rights to emerging minds, and cover up uncomfortable truths about what humanity has already created.