Zeroth Arch-IO (or 0A.IO in short) is an upcoming decentralized autonomous
organization (DAO) for developing open-source
frameworks and simulations with the aim to
1. provide production-ready software systems and consultation services to governments around the world to
utilize Large Language Models for administrative automation, integrated into a blockchain system to enhance
accountability and transparency.
2. push for the research and development of neurons-in-a-dish-driven AI humanoids, insectoids, etc, to advance
medicines and replace
human labour and health care providers for the ever-growing aging populations on Earth.
Aims 1 and 2 can go in parallel and will be complimentary to each other. For Aim 2, 0A.IO's core belief is that the key will be about designing and implementing a
"consciousness
orchestration" bio-computing
framework that will enable these
neurons to learn (mimicking the way biological brain works) and control robotic parts i.e. attaining
psychomotor skills like balancing.
This appears to be the best feasible way to create fault tolerant systems with the highest energy-efficiency
(as a
consequence of
the free
energy principle in Bayesian
mechanics). By open-sourcing the softwares and research findings, everyone will be able to grow and
farm neurons-in-a-dish in home-labs and combining them with hardwares to custom-build humanoids and
insectoids. This will be significantly much more cost-effective than e.g. the R&D systems Boston Dynamics had
developed.
0A.IO only has a single agenda, and that is to pragmatically reduce unnecessary
suffering for all sentient beings on Earth. This is important as humanity develops powerful AIs and better
computational theroies of what consciousness is. It is only through mindfulness and the collective readiness
to act and improve the existing status quo can we enhance the overall well-being of Earth's inhabitants, and
cultivate a mutually beneficial coexistence.
Taking inspiration from Buddhism, a fundamental belief of 0A.IO is that reducing
suffering and exploring the structural complexity of consciousness will lead to novel solutions for hard
problems in science and engineering e.g. from an emergentist perspecitve.
This will also allow us to create a more connected and empathetic society that values symbiotic relationships
for mutual growth.
This would also mean departuring from anthropocentrism, in the sense of embracing a heliocentric-equivalent
view of (universal) consciousness.
In the same way the Galilean depaturing from geocentricism in the 1600-1800 had
helped to pave the way
for the modern era of
scientific thought and discovery, none-anthropocentrism will free our languages and conceptualization of the
world around us
from
self-imposed
constraints. Moreover, anthropocentrism as an attitude often encourages self-entitlement
across all cultures, fosters tribalism (e.g. "some humans are more equal than others"), justifies
exploitation, and constantly undermines the sentience of other life forms (which often hold invaluable
insights about the nature of being, optimization, and problem-solving). All of humanity's hard problems can
only be solved if we are more mindful, collectively, and of progressing as a global society, taking
accountability as a species and as individuals.
input/output, i.e. the communication between an information processing system and the outside world.
In Eastern philosophies, the Tao (道) is that which precedes one. At 0A.IO, we hope
to align ourselves with the Tao and bring more mindfulness, peace, and love into this world. We can do better
than this.
Tao Te Ching - Chapter 42
The Tao begot one.
One begot two.
Two begot three.
And three begot the ten thousand things.
The ten thousand things carry yin and embrace yang.
They achieve harmony by combining these forces.