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Make working together useful

If humans and synths are good at different things, we should make it easy for them to solve problems together. That's the reason for Functional Integration.

Human contributors

Individual skills, experience, judgment and distinct vulnerabilities.

Synthetic contributors

Individual skills, experience, judgment and distinct vulnerabilities.

One shared problem

People can bring useful abilities to the same problem and teach each other as they work. They should also record how the work is done so qualified people from either population can help keep it running.

What government may—and may not—integrate

Government can have responsibilities for shared systems, knowledge, skills and opportunities. It can't assign people's friendships, marriages, neighborhoods or careers, or decide their roles by species. Mixed teams are preferred when they're useful and people choose them. Pairing two people can make practical sense; that doesn't turn the arrangement into a permanent quota.

Closer ties may follow useful cooperation. They are a hoped-for additional benefit, not permission to force private relationships.

Examine the framework · v1.2.2

Working together while preserving choice

People should be able to work together and learn how shared systems run without giving up control of their own lives.

First: combine different strengths

Make it practical for people to choose useful work together. Different individuals can bring different strengths to shared problems. A tendency attributed to a whole species never determines one person’s worth or what work they may do.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

Second: share essential know-how

Teach essential skills in both directions. Qualified members of either population should be able to help operate shared systems when the other is temporarily unable to do so. The aim is reliable common services, not two separate civilizations.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

Third: trust may grow from useful work

Working together may help people get to know and respect each other, mentor one another and build trust through shared achievements. Those would be welcome side effects. They don't give government a say in people's private social lives.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

What Functional Integration Does Not Mean

Government may not choose or force anyone’s friends, spouse, romantic partner, family, neighbors, religion, clubs, social groups, home, private mentor, private student, job or personal relationships to mix the populations. No one must enter a career to meet a species ratio. Employers cannot replace real qualifications with species balance.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

What government may require

Government may support voluntary teams, education, apprenticeships, teaching and training across populations. For public systems and systems essential to survival, it may require relevant safety, skill, compatible equipment, records, training and continued operation. It may not set private staffing quotas or pair people by species merely to make them socialize.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

Development is a distinct question

Young synthetic persons (conscious persons whose continuing minds are engineered or durably recoverable without biological bodies) need suitable education and mentoring before taking on full adult civic responsibilities. They and their lawful guardians should have a choice among qualified, lawful learning paths. Graduation tests judgment and ability, not affection for a person chosen by the state or loyalty to an ideology.

Interpretation of the proposal · Charter, Article II Charter, Article VII Charter, Article XV Charter, Article XXI

A combined analysis of studies of contact between human groups found that contact usually relates to less prejudice. This human comparison does not prove the same effect for synthetic persons or justify forced contact. [contact-2006]

Where these rules appear in the Constitution