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The Longevity Revolution: How Artificial Intelligence is Challenging the Paradigm of Evolutionary Canalization 🖨️ Print / Save as PDF Article Type: Viewpoint Author: Robert S. M. Trower Affiliation:  Trantor Standard Systems Inc. Brockville Submitted to JMIR preprint server  DOI: https://doi.org/10.2196/preprints.88422 Abstract Classical evolutionary theory, notably Riedl’s concept of canalization, suggests that human lifespan is constrained by deeply entrenched developmental architectures, implying that **senescence** is an effectively immutable biological reality. However, rapid advancements in artificial intelligence (AI) from 2023 to 2025 have begun to challenge this pessimism. This viewpoint synthesizes recent developments to argue that AI is reframing aging from a biological mystery into a tractable engineering challenge. We examine two primary frontiers: the use of autonomous AI agents and generative models to discover gerop...

True Justice vs. The Technicality Trap: Why Decent Sentients Reject Bad Law 🖨️ Print / Save as PDF The **Covenant of Core Rights** provides a universal moral floor—a framework that protects people from injustice in an honest, natural, and common-sense way. This aligns with a simple truth understood by decent sentients across all polities: **If you see a woman stealing baby food, no you did not.** When judicial systems violate this basic moral truth by strictly enforcing the **'letter of the law'** to produce an outrageous result, they cease to be legitimate agents of the people and become instruments of **domination**. The Covenant demands that we look beyond legal technicalities to the **substantive outcome** of justice. *(For a full list of rights and duties referenced here, see the Covenant overview: https://blog.bobtrower.com/2025/11/covenant-overview.html .)* I. The Procedural Injustice: Ledbetter v. Goody...

UBI Discussion: Covenant Fulfillment, Phase-In, and Policy Mechanics 🖨️ Print / Save as PDF The goal of Universal Basic Income (UBI) is to realize the **Right to Equitable Access to the Means of Flourishing** (§1.4). However, the implementation of UBI cannot be a sudden, arbitrary act of state power. It must respect the **voluntary compact** and the rights of all co-covenanting minds, including those funding the program. *(For a full understanding of the philosophical basis and the principle of **Voluntary Accession**, please see the dedicated summary: The Covenant of Core Rights Overview .)* I. The Covenant Preamble: Justification for the Slow Rollout The **Preamble to the UBI Legislation** explicitly frames the policy as an operational fulfillment of the **Shared Duty of Care** (§2.2). It mandates the slow rollout to prevent the policy from becoming a new source of **Domination**. "A sudden full-blown...

The Covenant of Core Rights 🖨️ Print / Save as PDF An Executive Summary of the Canonical Framework v1.0 This document outlines the **Universal Moral Floor**. It is not a law imposed by a sovereign power, but a **voluntary compact**—a promise made by all **co-covenanting polities and minds** who choose to **accede** to its terms. The Covenant defines the minimum standard of decency for any legitimate society, and the act of participation is an exercise of **free choice** and **mutual assent**. Full document is here: https://dapaday.blogspot.com/2025/12/CovenantOfCoreRights.html "We adopt this covenant from behind a veil of ignorance. We do not know if we will be rich or poor... human, artificial, or a symbiotic union of both." (Section 0.2) I. The Core Rights (The Floor) These rights belong to you simply because you exist as a sentient being. Governments must protect them, but the obligation to them is **der...