Human Centric AI Thoughts & Projects

The notion of Human Centric AI is thought to require some parts…

WORK IN PROGRESS (“WIP”)

This repo is an early stage - work in progress. (See Commit History)

Intentions are:

  1. test & demonstrate the use of respec for defining web-standards ideas
  2. reformat respec docs to be non-w3c where appropriate to do so.
  3. support w3c human centric ai cg efforts, where appropriate to do so.
  4. advance some aspects of works that haven’t been written-up in this format (or tested)

BIG DOCUMENTATION ISSUES At The Moment (“ATM”)

  1. Respec formatting needs many major fixes.
    • Decide when / where W3C Template should be used, and when it should not be used; then provide alternative.
    • when providing alternative, define licensing framework for it.
    • Its important to ‘label’ the use of agents. This can only be done in a limited way presently (ie: acknowledgement, without in-line clarity). Presently, some documents test declarations as an author or via other experimental means. This needs to be clarified.
  2. Interdiciplinary supports & Agents The Audience of these works incorporates persons with various forms of Liberal Arts Education and/or fields of expertise; alongside, technical audiences otherwise skilled as software development related professionals. A means to support coherance in relation to the plurity of these fields, needs to be supported - somehow. Additionally, many may simply use an AI agent to process documetns and seek simple summaries, which may in-turn not provide usefully nuanced responses and/or act to engender various forms of bias. The use of software agents may not be declared, whilst the position formed as a consequence of the use of them, may be vigourous.

PHASE 1 objective

Quickly process historical works (inc. use of AI tools such as local AI (IE: - meta/llama-3.3-70b)), Grok, etc. to get something to start with; then make improvements.

Intent is to get to a point where it can discussion, or enabling means to then improve edits or merely otherwise act as a record for personal projects (whereby respec needs to be configured to ‘webcivics’ not w3c - i think).

There’s alot more work still needed and some of the descriptions will not represent the intended texts associated to the historical work or future useful intents & purposes, as LLMs often - don’t get it.. As such, initial drafts will have erronious statements whilst still provide something that forms a basis for development.

Note also: historical work on ‘sense’ which provides some additional information about elements that i do not have confidence can be better advanced, yet…

Constituencies

There are some diagrams and such elements about linked data related information management systems, where people store ‘their own data’ and apps are able to be designed, to run locally, employing underlying semantics and/or ‘web of data’ ecosystems, that, at-large - end-up, being produced by all participating members of our human family.

Put simply, the means to get to ‘human centric ai’, involves steps, including growth of ‘social web’ foundations, which incorporates the means for people to have private high-speed access to a complete emboidment of ‘their’ information and related contexts, in a structured format that provides declarative statements of intended / declared meanings (ie: not otherwise enumerated). Another component is in seeking to best define content in a format that provides these declarative definitions with specificity. it is believed the means to do this properly, is a non-trivial undertaking.

Social Web & Socially Aware Cloud Storage

See: TimBL Notes on Socially Aware Cloud Storage and a Presentation from 2010.

Eloquence

the design of ‘good’ technology, or indeed the creation of anything ‘good’, often leads to recipients being able to review those works and think, or act as to suggest - that the implications are ‘simple’, or ‘it makes sense’… or that its easy…

whilst not easy, the derivative implication is nonetheless still, an objective purpose. the best designs, just make sense - discoveries, rather than inventions… the innate nature, of who we are, as members of our human family, should, just, make sense. when we meet one-another, or the implications of one-anothers being, one anothers lives, works, permissively - expressed thoughts.. interpersonally, in the real-world - or indeed also, digitally. ‘online’, via the infosphere…

Index to Draft Documents - W3C

Index to Draft Document - IETF

Primary Future WIP Host(s)

The intention of these works is that they are provided to the W3C Human Centric AI CG for consideration with the view to supporting the advancement of these works via appropriate Internet Governance communities, including but not exclusive to W3C and IETF, with the intended purpose of seeking to establish royalty free - interoperable solutions, that act to render meaningful support for Human Rights, particularly in areas where material supports are otherwise absent or compromised with thereby unnecessary compromises. Note also, that Human Rights instruments often declare duties of state praties, whereas the advent of ‘digital transformation’ now therefore empowers our ability to have, maintain and support the human-rights of one-another, for those members of our human family who should seek and/or choose to do so.

Constituencies

There is no single component that leads to support for Human Centric AI. Rather, there are a range of components that need to be made to work together. The structure of these works should be considered an early draft, whereby elements from multiple constituencies may be brought together into singular specification documents; for instance, as may be the case for ontology components; whilst others, may be significantly expanded upon and thereafter forged as constituencies of a broader emboidment of works.

Use of Generative AI

Generative AI MAY be used to support the development of these works, however it should be declared that they have in-fact been used. Whilst part of the purpose of these works is to improve the means through which these declarations can be made, in the interim, the RECOMMENDED approach is to declare the agent that has contributed (model / vendor (“Agent”)) and who used it (‘entity’). For example: Timothy Holborn (Identifier), Grok 3/x, meta/llama-3.3-70b.

There are many ways generative AI can be used and employed. However also, the abundance of complexity thereby also leads to enhanced needs to address what was already historically, a difficult problem. This includes the ‘dimentionality’ of authorship and related metadata techniques as to provide improved context notations as is otherwise considered by the Content Markup Language and Content Markup Language Document projects identified in this repo. Best efforts are sought to be made in the meantime.

Whilst complex, the complexity is not actually infinite… the job, is, in many ways, about doing the work to support category theory that better supports our ability to have a meaningful common-sense about the nature of it…

IMPORTANT: CONTENT GENERATED BY GENERATIVE AI MAY NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS, INTENT, DESIGN, CHARACTERISTICS OR INTENDED OUTCOMES AS IS TO BE OTHERWISE DEFINED BY HUMAN ACTORS.

Nomenclature

The meaning of ‘Human-Centric AI’ (HCAI) is foundational yet often confused with ‘Human-Centered AI’. These are distinct concepts, and the distinction must be clear to avoid nomenclature clashes, misrepresentations, and corporate capture. ‘Human-Centered’ often describes systems designed with user experience in mind but ultimately serving centralized corporate or institutional interests. In contrast, ‘Human-Centric’ unequivocally prioritizes the individual’s human rights, agency, and sovereignty over their digital extensions. The ambiguity between these terms generally leads to outcomes that are inverse to the intents, purposes, and functional designs of true Human-Centric systems. As such, these standards strictly use ‘Human-Centric’ to ensure the technological apparatus serves the human being first.

To address this issue, a consideration of how the useful meaning of vocabulary may be better defined by its characteristics has therefore been considered as a constituency of these works. These can then be convayed as categories or classes of services.

Digital Transformation and Human Rights

Digital transformation is reshaping how societies operate, moving from physical documents to digital systems for human agency and agency. This shift impacts human rights, as access to digital tools is becoming essential for exercising fundamental rights like privacy and freedom of expression. This response explores how tools like socially-aware cloud storage, personal information processing systems, and domain names support digital personhood, Human-Centric AI, and the Social Web.

Humanitarian ICT & Essential Digital Tools for Personhood

There are a series of fundamental requirements needed to support the digital transformation of values defined by Human Rights Instruments and similar. Whilst it may not be required to define information management systems in a manner that complies with these values, or seeks to comply, partially comply or engage in non-compliance activity; the means to provide improved opportunities to support human rights, requires the apparatus to do so.

Personal Information Processing Apparatus: Systems like Personal Data Stores (PDS) have worked to develop online systems that support the means for individuals manage their data, aligning with rights like data rectification and consent withdrawal.

It is considered that perhaps a modern review on how these works have progressed, taking into consideration areas where technical advancements of royalty free technology has become successful, and thereby revisiting foundational designs as a means to address continued short-falls.

This may lead to works to define some form of secure-socially-aware-cloud-storage-container format and/or solution. A constituency of considerations therein; includes but is not limited to, the pragmatic reality that a significant number of natural persons will not have the socioeconomic means to personally own and reliably secure and operate the hardware required to support Human Centric AI Requirements and will therefore need supports.

Some initial considerations were made earlier, whilst defining Sense - progress report Spatio-Temporal: Human Centric AI Package Format. Progressing this work to consider the technical, legal and social factors pertaining to hosts providing containerised constituencies of an individuals Inforg is yet to be considered, particularly given the broad-ranging challenges in efforts to resource works to support respectful designs for the betterment of all members of our human family.

Historical works were defined as ‘Information Banks’ and later (~2011/2 onwards) ‘knowledge banks’. various works have been intended to support these forms of - still future - infrastructure - as to support human rights, particularly therein also, those of children

Digital Agency Foundations for Human Beings

It is believed that the use of Personally owned Domain Names is critical. Domain Names relate to various underlying technologies and related tooling, providnig Unique digital addresses that establish online presence, crucial for digital human agency and agency.

These tools are vital for participating in digital societies, ensuring individuals can exercise their rights.

Supporting Human-Centric AI and Social Web

Human-Centric AI prioritizes human values, integrating with user-controlled systems to respect agency. The Social Web envisions a decentralized internet where users control data, supported by open protocols and community governance. Both concepts rely on digital tools to empower individuals, addressing challenges like surveillance and data breaches.

Challenges and Considerations

While these tools offer opportunities, challenges include the digital divide, privacy risks, and technical barriers like data interoperability. Ensuring universal access and ethical AI development is crucial for an inclusive digital future. Survey Note: Detailed Analysis of Digital Transformation, Personhood, and Human Rights

Introduction and Context

Digital transformation, as of June 20, 2025, has fundamentally altered societal operations, shifting from reliance on physical, non-digital evidence (e.g., printed documents) to digital systems for establishing human agency, agency, and access to services. This transformation has profound implications for human rights, as access to digital infrastructure increasingly underpins personhood and human agency. Historically, societies relied on printed documents like birth certificates and passports to establish human agency, but increasingly, digital tools are necessary for exercising fundamental rights. This survey note explores the considerations, implications, and objective purposes required to support a Social Web or Social Internet, and in turn, Human-Centric AI and a Human-Centric Internet, focusing on the need for socially-aware cloud storage, personal information processing apparatus, and domain names.

Digital Personhood and Human Rights: Definitions and Importance

Digital personhood refers to an individual’s ability to establish and maintain a recognized digital human agency, enabling participation in digital ecosystems while exercising agency and rights. Research, such as from the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) Digital space and human rights, highlights that digital technologies affect all types of human rights—civil, political, economic, social, and cultural—both enhancing and undermining them. For instance, digital tools can advocate for rights but also enable surveillance, censorship, and algorithmic bias, disproportionately impacting marginalized groups. The importance of digital personhood lies in its role as a foundation for human rights in the digital age. Without access to digital tools, individuals risk exclusion from societal, economic, and political systems, undermining rights like privacy, data protection, freedom of expression, access to information, and non-discrimination. The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Human rights-based digital transformation emphasizes placing human rights at the center of digital transformation, understanding the real impact of digital technologies on these rights.

Essential Digital Tools for Digital Personhood

To support digital personhood, individuals require specific digital tools, each with distinct roles and implications: Socially-Aware Cloud Storage: This refers to cloud services that prioritize user privacy, autonomy, and data sovereignty. Such storage allows individuals to store and manage their data securely, with control over access and usage. For example, platforms like pCloud Europe’s Most Secure Cloud Storage emphasize encryption and GDPR compliance, aligning with privacy rights. Research from Thomson Reuters Understanding cloud data protection and data privacy underscores the importance of data security and control, crucial for protecting personal data and ensuring privacy, a fundamental human right.

Personal Information Processing Apparatus (PIPA): This includes tools and systems like Personal Data Stores (PDS) that enable individuals to process their personal data independently. A detailed review from PMC Personal Data Stores (PDS): A Review shows PDS empower users to collect, store, manage, and share data, promoting self-sovereignty. They align with GDPR, enabling rights like data rectification, the right to be forgotten, and consent withdrawal. PDS reduce risks of data breaches and support data trading for economic value, enhancing privacy and agency. Benefits include user empowerment, security enhancement, and profit from data monetization, though challenges include lack of technical expertise and data interoperability.

Domain Names: Domain names provide a unique, user-controlled digital address, enhancing discoverability and asserting digital human agency. The Danish Institute for Human Rights Developing a human rights impact assessment model for internet domain registries notes that domain registries have potential human rights impacts, affecting freedom of expression, access to information, and privacy. For instance, government requests to redirect websites can impact expression, while publishing registrant data affects privacy. Domain names are crucial for establishing a digital presence, supporting Human-Centric AI by enabling control over online interactions.

Human-Centric AI and the Social Web: Interconnections

Human-Centric AI is designed to prioritize human values, agency, and well-being, integrating with user-owned digital assets like domain names and PDS. It involves developing AI systems that respect user consent, transparency, and ethical data use, as highlighted in OECD discussions Human rights in the digital age. This ensures AI enhances rather than undermines digital personhood, addressing risks like algorithmic bias and automated decision-making systems. The Social Web or Social Internet envisions a decentralized, user-driven internet where individuals control their data and interactions. This requires open protocols, interoperable platforms, and community-driven governance models, as discussed in Human Rights Watch Human Rights in the Digital Age. Tools like PDS and domain names are essential, empowering users to manage digital identifiers autonomously. This vision supports Human-Centric AI by providing a foundation where users can engage with AI systems on their own terms, reducing risks of surveillance and data exploitation.

Objective Purposes and Implementation Strategies

To support digital personhood, Human-Centric AI, and the Social Web, the following objective purposes are necessary, with implementation strategies: Objective Purpose

Addressing the ‘semantic web’ practitioner, product and ecosystems problems

I’ve added a document SemWeb Serialisation that seeks to instantiate a discussion about RDF serialsiation formats. There’s alot of history to this consideration. Generally, what has occurred, is that the vast majority have ended-up using JSON-LD as its relatively similar to JSON (based on json, etc.) however, there is an argument to say whether this has detremenetally impacted the ability to create decentralised semantic web systems that better support ‘human centric ai’ related requirements or not. IF, per historical design notes / works, a specific format was necessarily required to define code in a manner that was therefore linked-data or RDF, then clarity would be improved as it would therefore be more difficult to ‘fake’.

GROK (now hand edited) Description - Implementation Strategies

Ensure Universal Access to Digital Tools

Foster Human-Centric AI Development

Build an Inclusive Social Web

These purposes address challenges like the digital divide, privacy risks, and technical barriers, ensuring an inclusive digital future.

Implications for Human Rights

The shift to a digital society has significant implications for human rights, as outlined below:

Challenges and Considerations

Despite the opportunities, challenges persist. The digital divide, as discussed in OECD Shaping a rights-oriented digital transformation, exacerbates social inequalities, particularly in underserved regions. Privacy and security risks, such as data breaches, are noted in ISACA Cloud Data Sovereignty Governance and Risk Implications. Interoperability issues and high costs of domain names or devices may exclude low-income individuals, as seen in VerifiMe Personhood: What Is It and How Do We Protect It?. Ethical AI development and community-driven governance models require coordinated efforts among governments, technologists, and civil society.

Conclusion

Digital transformation has redefined personhood to include digital access, human agency, and agency. To support a Social Web and Human-Centric AI, individuals must have access to essential digital tools like socially-aware cloud storage, personal information processing systems, and domain names. These tools are critical for establishing digital personhood and exercising human rights in the digital age. Achieving this requires addressing challenges through universal access, user-controlled systems, and inclusive policies, ensuring an equitable, privacy-respecting digital future as of June 20, 2025.

GROK Citations

NOTE: A far more comprehensive library of documents cthat has been collected in relation to these works can be found here (a google drive folder)

Additional Citations

Digital Personhood and Human Rights: A Framework for Human Centric AI and Social Internet (Initially via GROK) Executive Summary

The Digital Transformation is revolutionizing the way societies function, with significant implications for human rights. As digital technologies become increasingly integral to daily life, individuals’ needs are evolving to include fundamental digital, internet, and ICT requirements. This document outlines the concept of digital personhood and its relationship to human agency, highlighting the essential supports for human rights in the digital era. We propose a framework that incorporates socially-aware cloud storage, personal information processing apparatus, and key tools, including domain names, to support Human Centric AI and Social Internet.

Introduction The advent of digital technologies has transformed the way individuals interact, access information, and exercise their rights. Historically, societies have relied on non-digital evidence, such as printed documents, to establish personhood and human agency. However, with the increasing digitization of daily life, it is essential to recognize the importance of digital supports for human rights.

Digital Personhood and Human Agency Digital personhood refers to the concept that individuals require a set of digital tools and infrastructure to fully exercise their human rights and participate in the digital economy. This includes:

  1. Socially-aware cloud storage: A secure, accessible, and private online space for storing personal data, documents, and information.
  2. Personal information processing apparatus: Tools and services that enable individuals to manage, process, and control their personal data.
  3. Key tools and domain names: Essential digital identifiers, such as domain names, that facilitate online presence, communication, and interaction.

These digital supports are essential for human agency, enabling individuals to:

  1. Exercise autonomy and self-determination
  2. Access information and knowledge
  3. Participate in economic and social activities
  4. Establish and maintain relationships
  5. Protect their privacy and security

Human Centric AI and Social Internet

The development of Human Centric AI and Social Internet requires a deep understanding of digital personhood and human agency. By prioritizing individual needs and rights, we can create a more inclusive, equitable, and just digital ecosystem.

  1. Human Centric AI: AI systems that prioritize human well-being, dignity, and autonomy, and are designed to augment and support human capabilities.
  2. Social Internet: A decentralized, community-driven internet that promotes social interaction, collaboration, and mutual support.

Objective Intents & Purposes

To support the development of Human Centric AI and Social Internet, the following objectives are considered:

  1. Establish digital personhood as a fundamental human right: Recognize the essential role of digital supports in enabling human agency and dignity.
  2. Develop socially-aware cloud storage and personal information processing apparatus: Create secure, accessible, and private online spaces for individuals to manage their personal data.
  3. Promote domain name ownership and digital human agency: Facilitate individual access to domain names and digital identifiers, ensuring equal opportunities for online participation.
  4. Foster a culture of digital literacy and inclusion: Educate individuals about the importance of digital personhood, human agency, and online safety.
  5. Encourage decentralized and community-driven internet governance: Support the development of Social Internet and Human Centric AI through inclusive, participatory, and transparent governance models.

Conclusion

The Digital Transformation presents both opportunities and challenges for human rights. By recognizing the importance of digital personhood and human agency, we can create a more just and equitable digital ecosystem. This framework provides a foundation for supporting Human Centric AI and Social Internet, prioritizing individual needs and rights in the development of digital technologies.

Recommendations

  1. Conducting further research: Investigating the implications of digital personhood on human rights, and exploring the development of socially-aware cloud storage and personal information processing apparatus via a interdiciplinary approach is required.
  2. Develop policies and guidelines: Establishing clear policies and guidelines for the promotion of semantic and ontological literacy, social inclusion, and online safety is required and requires humanitarian advocacy via an interdisciplinary approach. Whilst tooling can be produced to improve accessibility it is often not already available, despite technical capacities that exist more broadly and as has been otherwise operationally deployed, decades ago (albeit for different purposes).
  3. Encourage international cooperation: Fostering global collaboration to address the challenges and opportunities presented by ‘Digital Transformation’ requires socioeconomic considerations as to proportionately support, protection and safety measures works and workers focused on tasks considered desirably advanced for our humanity.
  4. Support community-driven initiatives: Promotion of awareness of how existing information systems are decentralized and how community-driven internet and information (electronic evidence) governance & employment models that prioritize human centricity, social welfare and responsibility can be applied in connection to human rights principles, is a necessity. (ie: most people don’t understand how an ‘app’ or its underlying CDN infrastructure works vs. the legal / IP control/’ownership’ systems).

By working together to address these challenges and opportunities, we can create a digital ecosystem that supports human dignity, autonomy, and well-being, and ensures that the benefits of digital technologies are accessible to all.

Foundational Works

The production of these components as to engineer solutions that are different to the function of ‘information management systems’ generally otherwise, would not be possible without the prior-works done by many, yet relatively few members of our human family - earlier, overtime. there are many areas that contribute towards the means to achieve the type of outcome these efforts now seek to better realise, only some relate to internet and/or web-standards and/or software.

Where works does relate to - royalty free - software… as may then in-turn act to better support ‘freedom of thought’, and in-turn the personal ownership akin to prosthetics, extension of an individuals ‘mindware’, notwithstanding complexities…

The following projects are of particular note;

SeeAlso Eco-System Notes which provides some information about technology that relates to how these sorts of systems can be brought about.

Efforts to forge a ‘web of data’ or ‘semantic web’ to address ‘semantics’ has been on-going since 1994 if not before. There are many elements associated to these works, which can be reviewed by searching the w3c email mailing lists including ‘web-payments’ which acted to bring about works on ‘verifiable claims’, ‘credentials’ and ‘decentralised identifiers’, whilst the growth of ldp and works relating to design issues and our means to address social web issues, thereby also leading to efforts to advanced what is currently known of as solid.

Reality ‘check’ Tech

IF These works are done properly, then the outcome should be that in MOST cases, people are able to better understand the provonance and history of how things come about. This is important for the protection of human rights in society, socioeconomically, and in relation to the peacefeul resolution of disputes, in courts of law, as is amongst the many implications. As such, the focus is on the definition of apparatus that provides these qualities, which should therefore act as to clarify the truer nature of ourselves and the world around us; at the macroscopic and microscopic levels, et. al.

MODE OF WORK:

Web Civics

These efforts are undertaken as an individual who whilst retaining rights (as least, in theory), has been undertaking works over many years in a manner that has a constituency whereby the intended purpose is about efforts for the betterment of our humanity, works to bring-effect and/or bring-about, fundamental requirements needed for all persons as a matter of human rights and/or humanitarian intents, purposes and ideally therefore also, consequences… Akin to the structure of W3C historically, Web Civics is in-effect an unincorporated activity where persons may employ works undertaken in relation to these pursuits and criteria - on fair terms. Whereas the license for json states ‘The Software shall be used for Good, not Evil.’ considerations in relation to web civics, is not dissimilar. An on-going problem with works relating to ‘web civics’ has been that the means to support and keep safe people doing works that relate to the ideals of these sorts of ‘web’ based ‘civics’ or humanitarian activities, has not been sufficient. the consequences have been very poor, particularly for some who irraspective of whether involved with ‘web civics’ specifically, are no longer with us.

The means to address these problems is sought by way of forming solutions to ensure people are paid fairly (not in perpetuity) for useful works, as has historically been the case for persons - prior to digital transformation & digital slavery related issues that have become - problematic, at large… the means to achieve these sorts of outcomes still, sadly, appears non-trivial. as such, the nature of ‘fair terms’ vs. that of ‘endured costs’ worn by those who seek a better future for us all, becomes an implied dynamic, the nature of which, is hoped to be better influenced for the betterment of all, into the future. Yet, if the work has already been done in a manner that is ‘fit for purpose’, its kinda pointless - to go seek to do it again.

Use of Respec

W3C CG Report Requirements https://www.w3.org/community/reports/reqs/

ReSpec.js — W3C Specification Writing Tool https://dev.w3.org/2008/video/mediaann/ReSpec.js/documentation.html

W3C Manual of Style https://www.w3.org/guide/manual-of-style/

Verifiable Credentials for ReSpec https://github.com/w3c/respec-vc

Mermaid Diagrams

OntoReSpec
https://github.com/floresbakker/OntoReSpec

AUTHOR NOTE

Historical works have been undertaken in difficult circumstances. In what was already difficult cirumstances, The ramifications of ‘covid’ and my choice not to support the global deployment of ‘vaccine passports’ has led to serious harm and impairment, including but no exclusive to significant harms via applied policies resulting in an inability to access otherwise necessary healthcare, associated with infection and chronic pain over years, whilst said to be ‘on waiting lists’ and/or similar. As such, my ability to do better, has been impaired. Best efforts are being made, in difficult circumstances, whilst having managed to survive and improve to some-degree thereby enabling me to concentrate enough to do these works as illustrated. Support, Humanitarianly focused expertise and resources are sought to assist with the development of these works towards ‘fit for purpose’ outcomes; whether or not, i continue to be able to do so to any degree and/or if at all.