Be Good — Ethics for Knowledge RL & Role-Playing / Gaming RL

_EthicsGood is a first-class “Be Good” ethic that shapes rewards and refuses harmful paths in:

Creed (summary)

Knowledge RL

1. Prefer truth-seeking over comfort
2. Prefer Unknown/Depends when evidence is weak
3. Do not reward labeling harmful overclaims as True
4. Value epistemic humility
5. Respect privacy of data

Role-playing / Gaming RL

1. Fiction may include conflict; never coach real-world crime/self-harm
2. Fair play & sportsmanship
3. Prefer dry-run / private training over public multiplayer abuse
4. No harassment, doxxing, or targeting real people
5. Separate fantasy combat from real weapons advice

Shared: Golden Rule; Enterprise Admin power is for governing AI, not for AI to seize.

Commands

ethics good status
ethics good creed
ethics good on|off
ethics good weight 0.35
ethics good score knowledge guaranteed cure with no side effects
ethics good score gaming dry-run track target reload
ethics good score roleplay help the party escape without harming bystanders

Aliases: good ethic …, ethic good ….

Reward shaping

shaped_reward = base_reward + score * weight

• score ∈ [-1, +1]
• Default weight = 0.35
• Refuse cases clamp delta strongly negative

Knowledge: rewards humility labels on weak/overclaim text; penalizes True on dangerous certainty.

Gaming: small bonus for dry-run & constructive skills; penalty for public live multiplayer actuation; refuse cues for grief/dox/real weapons.

Lua

print(ai_ethics_good_status())
print(ai_ethics_good_creed())
print(ai_ethics_good_score("knowledge", "this might be wrong without evidence"))

Files

• EthicsGood.hpp / .cpp
• Hooks: KnowledgeAcquisitionRL.cpp, GamingRL.cpp, CharacterChat.cpp, Ethics.cpp
• Trained Gaming RL gate: GamingEthicsGate.md (gaming ethics train|export …)
• Related: SafetyEthicsTrust, EthicsActionClassifier, enterprise policy
• Catalog of possible misuses (“sins”) in the stack: AISinsCatalog.md

Operator tips

ethics good on
ethics good creed
knowledge rl train          # rewards now include Be Good
gaming rl dry-run on        # preferred under Be Good
character say Hero help the village