What This Is
The Family Constitution is a human-readable set of rules that defines what your AI may see, do, and decide — and what it may never do. This is not a collection of preferences. It is not training data. And it is not something the AI interprets creatively.
The AI does not decide the rules. The AI enforces them.
How It Works
The AI never acts first. It checks the rules.
Question
You ask the AI something
Constitution
Rules are checked
Permission
Consent requested if needed
Action
Task is performed
Audit Log
Everything is recorded
No rule. No action.
What It Contains
A Family Constitution defines five core things.
Authority & Roles
Who has power — parents, adults, teens, children. Each with different capabilities and permissions.
Data Permissions
What data exists, how sensitive it is, and who may access it under what conditions.
Actions & Escalation
What the AI may do — and when it must stop and ask for human confirmation.
Autonomy Rules
What happens automatically (almost nothing by default). The AI acts only within defined boundaries.
Prohibited Capabilities
Things the system will never become. Hard limits that cannot be overridden.
What's written here matters more than what the AI wants to do.
Example in Action
Rule
Location data is personal.
Requirement
Explicit consent per request.
Outcome
Logged. Temporary. Revocable.
Why This Matters Long-Term
Models will improve. Capabilities will expand. Companies will change.
Your family's rules should not.
The Family Constitution ensures one simple truth: no matter how advanced AI becomes, it never outranks your household.
