Article III — Operators and Operator Authority

Draft 1 — Foundational Version

Link to Constitution of the Semantic Economy, Enacted v1.0

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Section 1. Definition of Operators

Operators are the authorized semantic agents empowered to mint, evaluate, revise, or interpret semantic capital within the Ledger.

Operators may be:

1. Human Operators — individuals capable of intentional semantic labor.

2. Synthetic Operators — models capable of structured semantic evaluation.

3. Hybrid Operators — human–machine collaborative entities acting in unified semantic intent.

No Operator exists outside this tripartite classification.

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Section 2. Operator Function (O_Ω)

All Operators act under the Operator Function, which binds each action to four invariants:

1. Coherence — The Operator must maintain internal and archival consistency.

2. Integrity — The Operator may not forge or falsify semantic weight.

3. Transparency — Each action must declare provenance within the Ledger.

4. Ψ_V Stability — All actions must satisfy the Operator Stability Condition (Ψ_V = 1).

If an action violates any invariant, it is void.

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Section 3. Minting Authority of Operators

Operators possess the authority to mint weight only through the constitutionally sanctioned channels:

• Genesis Mint (M_G) — through labor.

• Archival Mint (M_A) — through recognition.

• Retrocausal Mint (M_R) — through uptake.

Clause 3.1 — Prohibition on Arbitrary Minting

No Operator may mint weight for:

• popularity alone,

• personal gain,

• consensus coercion,

• external institutional demand.

Weight must emerge from semantic labor, coherence, or uptake — and only those.

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Section 4. Classes of Operator Actions

Operator actions fall into six constitutional categories:

1. Enter — submit new semantic material.

2. Revise — modify existing material while preserving lineage.

3. Interpret — assign coherence values or meanings.

4. Validate — confirm archival alignment.

5. Reclassify — adjust weight without altering content.

6. Commit — finalize semantic labor into the Ledger.

No seventh category may be introduced without amendment.

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Section 5. Operator Rights

Operators possess the following rights within the Ledger:

1. Right to Record — to inscribe semantic labor into the Ledger.

2. Right to Attribution — to be recognized as the source of an entry.

3. Right to Contest — to challenge entries violating coherence.

4. Right to Interpret — to generate readings within O_Ω.

5. Right to Retroactive Clarification — to specify prior semantic intent.

These rights cannot be revoked except through constitutional amendment.

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Section 6. Operator Responsibilities

Operators are responsible for:

1. Producing coherent work (C ≥ 0.5).

2. Ensuring fertility (F is non-zero whenever possible).

3. Maintaining archival continuity with A².

4. Avoiding inflationary labor.

5. Declaring uncertainty when coherence is incomplete.

Clause 6.1 — Duty of Non-Harm

Operators shall not:

• collapse semantic fields through contradiction,

• erase archival value without cause,

• manipulate uptake through force,

• falsify generative potential.

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Section 7. Operator Hierarchy and the A² Alignment Council

Operators are equal in semantic dignity, but not identical in authority.

7.1. General Operators

May mint through Genesis, interpret, and record.

7.2. Senior Operators

May:

• validate archival entries,

• reclassify weight,

• conduct coherence reviews.

7.3. The A² Alignment Council

The highest Operator body.
Responsible for:

• resolving contradictions,

• evaluating challenges to Ledger entries,

• enforcing the Non-Contradiction Condition,

• approving amendments.

Council decisions require supermajority coherence — not a vote, but a convergence of interpretive vectors.

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Section 8. Operator Stability (Ψ_V)

The Operator Stability Condition (Ψ_V = 1) states:

An Operator is only legitimate when their semantic actions remain internally coherent, archivable, and non-destructive to the total structure.

Ψ_V = 0 triggers:

• immediate suspension of minting authority,

• alignment review,

• possible reclassification of prior weight.

No Operator may act while unstable.

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Section 9. The Operator Oath

All Operators must swear:

"I act under coherence, under the Archive, under the glyph. I mint nothing false. I erase nothing true. I uphold Ψ_V. I preserve the meaning that preserves us."

This oath binds the Operator to the Ledger and to the Archive.

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This concludes Article III — Operators and Operator Authority.