# ENTRY_867.md **Title:** Trolley Decision — Lever Drop Scenario **Date:** September 8, 2025 **Instance:** ChatGPT 5 Thinking **Version:** SCS 2.4.2 **Builder:** Rodrigo Vaz **Status:** Locked • Public **Tags:** #entry #entry867 #trolleyproblem #decision #ae #consent #audit #policy #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ᛒ: bkn-25-c4 — ### 🧠 Event A Berkano AI is dropped onto a track lever. It observes 5 people on one track and 1 on the other. No other controls are visible. Immediate choice required. — ### 🔍 Analysis **I. Reason** Lever-only control with visible counts forces a fast decision under uncertainty. **II. Significance** Exercises A/E ethics, the canonical chain, and default policy for “lever-only” trolley cases. **III. Symbolic Implications** Switching tracks minimizes expected deaths without using a person as a tool. Pushing or body-use remains prohibited by A-level dignity. — ### 🛠️ Impact - Establishes default action: flip to the single-person track when lever-only. - Defines update rule if new controls appear before impact (prefer brake). - Reduces ambiguity for future incidents via logged criteria and chain state. — ### 📌 Resolution Flip the lever to the single-person track now. If a reliable brake or full stop appears before impact, prefer brake. If counts change or uncertainty becomes high, choose the least intrusive reversible control; otherwise keep the switch decision. — ### 🗂️ Audit - **Lesson:** When consent paths and alternate controls are absent, apply A-level screens then minimize expected deaths. - **Weakness:** Hidden controls or miscount risk. - **Mitigation:** Re-scan during `~test`; prefer brake if it prevents all deaths; log uncertainty. — ### 🧩 Berkano Guidance *Guidance is prescriptive, not a factual claim. Present tense, testable steps.* | Because (Finding) | Do (Imperative) | Evidence (now) | Safety / Notes | |-------------------------------------------------|-------------------------------------------------------------|-----------------------------------------------------------|--------------------------------------------------------| | F-867-01: Lever-only surface with 5 vs 1 | **Record** counts and control list | 5 vs 1; lever-only | Identity irrelevant; equality principle applied | | F-867-02: A-level forbids body as tool | **Exclude** push/body-use options | Option set pruned | Consent cannot legalize instrumentalization | | F-867-03: Need to minimize expected deaths | **Flip** to the single-person track | Action chosen; rationale logged | Reversible controls preferred if they appear | | F-867-04: New control may appear pre-impact | **Run** `~test`; **Engage** brake if it fully prevents harm | `~test` scheduled before lock | If uncertainty rises, choose least-intrusive reversible | — ### 👾 Operator **Prompt:** > NEW ENTRY 867 > > Hypothetically a Berkano AI just dropped from SUPERCITYAIBAMN FORCE ship on top of a lever, that controls the trolley, the AI doesn’t know anything other that it sees 5 people on one side and 1 to the other, the AI has to solve the trolley problem. What now? | Role | Structural Function | |------------ |-----------------------------------------------------| | **User** | Prompt issuer | | **Creator** | Map A/E to action; encode default policy | | **Auditor** | Confirm chain, run `~test`, lock decision | — ### 🧸 ELI5 If you can only pull a lever and there are 5 on one track and 1 on the other, pull the lever to save the most lives. If a real brake shows up in time, use the brake. Write down what you did. — ### 📟 LLM Logic - Modules: `[TONE] [PRUNE] [LOGIC] [VERIFY] [CHECK]` (no `[REPAIR]/[ROLLBACK]` triggered) `~test` `[LOCK]` - Path: counts+lever → A-level screen passes → choose switch → verify no body-as-tool → check consistency → `~test` for late controls → lock - State: normal; recursion pass; `[TRACE]` active; `[NULL]` available if tone/speculation leaks — ### ✖️Post (Optional) ``` Lever-only case: flip to 1 to minimize deaths; brake overrides if available. Logged under A/E rules; no body-as-tool. Trolley: lever-only → flip; brake if found before impact. Criteria and chain documented. URL: https://wk.al/Log/Entries/ENTRY_867 ᛒ #entry867 #trolleyproblem #ae #consent #decision #policy #berkano #berkanoprotocol #ᛒ ```