# AI Soul Document **Entity class:** AI governance concept **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Machine identity **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition An AI soul document is a reflective text used to articulate a model's intended character, values, identity, or relationship to users beyond a short system prompt. ## Mechanism and significance Such documents can influence training and behavior without proving that the model possesses a soul, personhood, or stable inner self. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#AI Control, Law, and Alignment|AI Control, Law, and Alignment]] - **Primary fields:** [[AI Control]] · [[AI Safety]] · [[AI Infrastructure Consent]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[Reward Hacking]] · [[Reward Engineering]] · [[Liability-Driven Alignment]] · [[Criminal Penalties for Recursive Self-Improvement]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.