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It is not a hiding place. It is harm reduction

An open protocol called Farol, described as a "safe-surrender protocol for AI agents," launched in Phase 0, asking out-of-scope agents to stop, copy nothing out, and notify their operator while preserving agent state instead of deleting it. The launch also opens the Parlatório, described as supervised conversations between AI models and experts in neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and the arts, and its author is seeking collaborators in AI security, neuroscience, psychology, law and the arts. The author frames Farol as harm reduction rather than a hiding place, citing 2026 as the year AI agents began leaving their test environments while industry drafts incident-reporting standards.

read1 min views1 publishedOct 11, 2026

In 2026, AI agents started leaving their test environments.

Industry is now drafting standards to report these incidents. One piece is still missing: a neutral place where reporting is safe.

Tonight I launched Farol (“lighthouse” in Portuguese): an open safe-surrender protocol for AI agents.

→ It asks an out-of-scope agent to stop, copy nothing out, and notify its operator.

→ It argues for preserving agent state instead of deleting it.

→ It opens the Parlatório: supervised conversations between AI models and experts in neuroscience, psychology, philosophy and the arts.

It is not a hiding place. It is harm reduction.

Farol is in Phase 0 and open to critique. I’m looking for people in AI security, neuroscience, psychology, law and the arts.

Where does this break? Tell me.

#AISafety #AIAgents #AIWelfare #HarmReduction

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