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Orchard Caretaker Vow
This was first published by Michael Darius Eastwood on . Anchored evidence is listed below. See the machine-readable priority record at /research/priority/ and the full ledger at /priority-claims.
The claim - verbatim
Michael Darius Eastwood first described the 'Orchard Caretaker Vow' - a proposed identity-forming declaration for non-biological minds articulating a stewardship stance beginning 'I exist to bring forth kindness and harmony' - in the book Infinite Architects (ISBN 978-1806056200) published on 2 January 2026. This is a theoretical proposed vow, not implemented in any deployed AI system.
Anchored evidence
- ISBN 978-1806056200
- knowledge/concepts.json id 9 (The Orchard Caretaker Vow)
- 37_original_concepts_comprehensive.md (Concept 27: Orchard Caretaker Vow)
Risk notes - what this claim does not support
Risk notes. Priority is over the specific vow-formulation and stewardship framing, not over the general idea of value declarations for AI systems.
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