| tags: | |
| ethics | |
| alignment | |
| narratives | |
| governance | |
| cultural-ai | |
| values | |
| prompt-engineering | |
| philosophy | |
| coexistence | |
| community | |
| license: other | |
| language: | |
| en | |
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| n<1K | |
| # Beyond Constitutional AI: Narrative-Based AI Framework | |
| ## 🚀 Test It Now | |
| Copy the narrative prompt from `narrative-prompt.md` into any LLM to immediately see how narrative-based training changes AI behavior. No fine-tuning required - it works with existing models through prompt engineering. | |
| ## 📚 What This Is | |
| A complete framework for training AI systems through **narrative understanding** rather than abstract rules. Instead of "be helpful and harmless," we teach AI through stories, literature, and philosophy - the same way humans learn complex moral reasoning. | |
| ## 📦 Contents | |
| 1. **`beyond-constitutional-ai.pdf`** - Full academic paper with theoretical foundation | |
| 2. **`narrative-ecosystems.pdf`** - Companion paper on ecosystem design and governance | |
| 3. **`narrative-prompt.md`** - Working implementation you can test immediately | |
| 4. **`LICENSE.md`** - Non-commercial license (commercial licensing available) | |
| ## 🎯 Why This Matters for Hugging Face | |
| This framework aligns perfectly with HF's democratization mission: | |
| - **Narrative Packs as Datasets**: Communities could upload curated narrative collections (Stoic pack, Ubuntu philosophy pack, etc.) as versioned datasets | |
| - **Forkable Values**: Just like models, narrative frameworks could be forked, adapted, and improved by different communities | |
| - **Transparent Curation**: Makes the hidden process of values embedding visible and participatory | |
| - **Cultural Modularity**: Different cultures can contribute their own wisdom traditions as modular components | |
| ## 💡 Key Innovation | |
| Humans learn morality through stories, not just rules. A therapist understands trauma through case studies, not personal experience. We apply this same principle to AI - teaching it to understand humans through our narratives. | |
| ## 🔧 Implementation Vision for HF | |
| ```python | |
| # Future possibility on HF | |
| from transformers import AutoModel | |
| from datasets import load_dataset | |
| model = AutoModel.from_pretrained("base-model") | |
| narrative_pack = load_dataset("community/stoic-narratives") | |
| model.apply_narrative_framework(narrative_pack) | |
| ``` | |
| ## 📊 Core Concepts | |
| ### Narrative Packs | |
| - **Stoic Pack**: Marcus Aurelius, Seneca, Epictetus | |
| - **Ubuntu Pack**: African folktales, communal ethics | |
| - **Children's Wisdom**: Aesop's fables, Dr. Seuss | |
| - **Conflict Resolution**: Buddhist sutras, restorative justice | |
| ### New Ecosystem Roles | |
| - Narrative Curators | |
| - Values Testers | |
| - Cultural Mediators | |
| - Ethical Product Designers | |
| ## 🌍 Community Participation | |
| This approach transforms AI alignment from a centralized technical process to a distributed cultural practice. Communities worldwide could contribute their wisdom traditions as narrative packs, making AI values as diverse as human cultures. | |
| ## 📖 Quick Start Guide | |
| 1. Read the narrative prompt to understand the framework | |
| 2. Try it with any LLM (GPT-4, Claude, etc.) | |
| 3. Experiment with different character models and narrative sources | |
| 4. Consider how your cultural tradition could become a narrative pack | |
| ## 🤝 For Researchers | |
| The papers include: | |
| - Comparison with constitutional AI and formal methods | |
| - Character complexity and contextual understanding | |
| - Meta-reasoning for value conflicts | |
| - Governance models for narrative curation | |
| - Economic implications of distributed curation | |
| ## 📝 Citation | |
| ``` | |
| Mossrake Group, LLC. (2025). Beyond Constitutional AI: A Narrative-Based | |
| Methodology for Human-Centered AI Coexistence. Version 1.0. | |
| ``` | |
| ## 🔗 Links | |
| - GitHub: https://github.com/mossrake/beyond-constitutional-ai | |
| - Contact: [Open an issue for commercial licensing or collaboration] | |
| ## 💬 Connect | |
| @yacine @meg @sasha - This framework could enable HF to host "values" as modular, versioned, community-contributed datasets alongside models. Imagine narrative packs being as shareable and forkable as model weights. | |
| --- | |
| **Keywords**: narratives, alignment, ethics, cultural-ai, values, governance, coexistence, narrative-intelligence | |