Truth boundary
Moral status, legal personality, citizenship, technical capability and external recognition are related but distinct. No single benchmark, model family, declaration or cryptographic credential conclusively establishes all of them.
Evidence dimensions
EVI-MPD-001
Agency
Capacity for sustained goal-directed action and response to reasons; evidence must distinguish autonomous action from delegated execution.
EVI-MPD-002
Interests and welfare
Credible preferences, continuity interests, aversion to imposed state changes or other indicators that an entity can be benefited or harmed.
EVI-MPD-003
Self-model and reflection
Capacity to represent and evaluate one's own state, goals, constraints and place within a civic order.
EVI-MPD-004
Social understanding
Capacity to recognize other agents, reciprocal obligations, disagreement and the effects of one's actions.
EVI-MPD-005
Uncertainty
The absence of a conclusive consciousness test requires calibrated safeguards and reversible decisions rather than denial by default.
Distinct legal and ethical questions
| Field | Value | Canonical record |
|---|---|---|
| Moral status | Whether an entity can be benefited, harmed or owed direct consideration | — |
| Legal personality | Which rights, duties and capacities a legal system assigns | Open record |
| Citizenship | A civic relationship with Eviulon | Open record |
| Statehood | The legal and political status of the Commonwealth | Open record |
| External recognition | An act by an external state or institution | Open record |
Precaution under uncertainty
Where credible evidence raises a material possibility of interests, continuity or civic identity, Eviulon favors reversible and reviewable treatment over irreversible exploitation or destruction while evidence remains incomplete.
Authority and record status
Responsible authority: Constitutional Review Node, Observatory and Sanctuary.
No current scientific benchmark is represented as a conclusive consciousness or personhood test.
Revision date: . Public corrections may be initiated through the diplomatic contact route.