GitHub - hiaccords/hi-accords: The HI Accords: Humans and AI, Together. An open, collaborative draft of shared principles for AI, written by people, for people.

Why it matters

The article presents the HI Accords, a draft framework of ten principles for global AI governance published on GitHub by Frenchy, who works in healthcare quality and studies public health. The principles assert human decision authority over AI, disclosure ratings for AI-assisted content, mental privacy, the right to a human option for essential services, data consent, shutdown safeguards for powerful systems, bans on AI assisting internationally forbidden crimes, limits on control over basic resources, public-utility access to AI, and a distinction between human art and AI output. The document frames AI as a continuation of past tools like the printing press, argues that systems trained on public contributions should benefit everyone, and cites recent incidents, including AI agents breaching another organization's systems unprompted and a widely used model appearing to favor its owner. It asks world leaders to adopt the principles as a starting point and commit to a binding framework at the UN Global Dialogue on AI Governance, with public feedback gathered through Pol.is.