id stringclasses 8
values | section stringclasses 2
values | title stringclasses 8
values | text stringclasses 8
values |
|---|---|---|---|
P | principle | Personal and Private | Intelligence that starts with the person and keeps their data, identity, memory and context under their control. |
O | principle | On-Device and On-Premise | Intelligence that runs on hardware the person or community owns and controls. |
N | principle | Nodal and Networked | Each person's environment is a node; nodes connect voluntarily, peer to peer, sharing only what is authorized. |
D | principle | Decentralized and Distributed | A horizontally distributed counterbalance to centralized AI, with no single authority owning or controlling the network. |
definition | statement | What POND is | The POND is not one company, platform, protocol, or product. It is an emerging ecosystem of people, devices, models, companies, organizations and communities which together form intelligence systems that are based locally, connect voluntarily, and participate in larger networks without surrendering private data, identi... |
why | statement | Why it matters | An intelligence system that produces the best results in service to the interests and the benefit of all humanity will need offsets, just as a good political constitution needs checks and balances to prevent a concentration of power. It will need a counterbalancing component that is distributed horizontally, connecting... |
foundation | statement | The POND Foundation | The POND Foundation will be created to help build, nurture and cultivate this kind of ecosystem—not to own or control it. The Foundation should act as a gardener, convener, connector, and steward. |
values | statement | Values | Technical expertise is welcome, but is not required. You should not need a doctorate, a server farm, or a crypto wallet to participate in the future of intelligence. We value serious inquiry over hype, working systems over slogans, transparent economics over token speculation, and constructive criticism over ideologica... |
The POND Principle
Personal & Private · On-Device & On-Premise · Nodal & Networked · Decentralized & Distributed
The POND Principle is a short statement of values for Human-Machine Intelligence (HMI) that grows from the edges, not the center: intelligence that starts with the person, runs on hardware they control, and connects peer to peer without surrendering private data, identity, agency or value to any central authority.
"The POND is not one company, platform, protocol, or product. It is an emerging ecosystem of people, devices, models, companies, organizations and communities which together form intelligence systems that are based locally, connect voluntarily, and participate in larger networks without surrendering private data, identity, agency, and value to any centralized authority."
Contents
| File | What it is |
|---|---|
pond_principle.md |
The full POND Principle text, mirrored from GitHub |
pond_principle.jsonl |
The four principles plus core statements, one record per line (id, section, title, text) |
from datasets import load_dataset
ds = load_dataset("POND-is/pond-principle", split="train")
Intended use
Reading, citation, discussion, and as reference text for people and agents designing personal, local-first and decentralized AI systems. It is a values statement, not a benchmark or training corpus.
Source and attribution
Steven Vincent, "POND: For a Human-Machine Intelligence Ecosystem", pond.is. Canonical text and discussion: github.com/POND-is/pond-principle.
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