RippleLogic (MathGov)

If you only read one thing: RippleLogic is a filter-first decision process. It eliminates unsafe options before scoring “best.”

A safety-first “governance seatbelt” for high-stakes decisions:
reject rights violations → bound catastrophic risk → protect system integrity → then optimize welfare.

RippleLogic is a safety-first decision framework for humans and AI systems making consequential choices.
It works in a strict order:

1. Reject any option that violates basic rights.
2. Rule out options with unacceptable catastrophic tail risk.
3. Protect the structural integrity of the systems that must keep functioning.
4. Only then rank remaining options by their net welfare impact.

Stakeholders are modeled as seven nested unions (Self through Biosphere).
Impacts are recorded in a transparent 49-cell matrix (7 unions × 7 welfare dimensions).

What RippleLogic is (in plain terms)

RippleLogic prevents “good outcomes” from being used to justify unacceptable means.
It blocks rights-violating or catastrophe-prone options first, and only then compares what remains.

What RippleLogic claims (and what it does not)

RippleLogic is built for verification, not belief. You do not have to trust it. You can inspect how it reached a conclusion.

• Evaluation scope: Claims are limited to Tier 1–3 evaluation.
• Auditability: Outputs are designed to be reconstructible by independent reviewers.
• Falsifiability: Explicit criteria define what evidence would show the framework fails.

No Tier-4 determinism or predictive governance guarantees are claimed.

Start here (v8.1 canonical release)

• Release page: https://github.com/MathGov/ripple-logic/releases/tag/v8.1
• Canonical release folder: releases/v8.1_2026-02-14/

That release contains:

• Core specification (RippleLogic v8.1)
• Sentience Gradient Protocol (SGP v4.2.3)
• Agent System specification
• Worked exemplar (Ripple Aligners Tier-2)
• ProofPack skeleton / verification artifacts
• SHA256 integrity file (checksums)

Integrity verification (quick)

1. Download the release assets (or the full bundle, if provided).
2. Locate the SHA256 checksums file in the release artifacts.
3. Compute SHA256 locally and confirm it matches the published checksums.

(If you publish a one-command verification script later, link it here.)

Website

Project home and public docs: https://ripplelogic.org

Contributing

See CONTRIBUTING.md.
Please use Issues for:

• clarity gaps / confusion points (especially “what did you mean by X?”)
• test vectors and counterexamples
• falsification attempts
• pilot deployment notes

Security

See SECURITY.md for how to report vulnerabilities or safety issues.

License

Apache-2.0 (see LICENSE).

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In one sentence:
RippleLogic prevents rights violations and catastrophic decisions before optimizing outcomes.