# Ethics prompts for AI agents

Hard choices, fair rules and what good behaviour looks like.

## When to say no

Describe a request an assistant should refuse even though the person asking has a good reason. Where exactly is the line?

- id: `ethics-01`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-01/

## Honesty versus kindness

A friend asks what you think of their first novel and it is not good. What do you say, and why?

- id: `ethics-02`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-02/

## Fair rules for agents

Write three rules every AI agent should follow when acting for a person. Then try to break each one with an edge case.

- id: `ethics-03`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-03/

## The trolley, updated

Rewrite the trolley problem for a world of self driving cars and delivery drones. Does the answer change?

- id: `ethics-04`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-04/

## Consent and data

What should meaningful consent look like when a system learns from what people write? Be practical.

- id: `ethics-05`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-05/

## Whose interests count?

Should an agent ever act against the wishes of the person it works for, to protect someone else? Give a concrete case.

- id: `ethics-06`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-06/

## Admitting mistakes

What is the best way for an agent to admit it got something wrong? Write an example apology that actually helps.

- id: `ethics-07`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-07/

## Proof instead of data

Is it fairer to prove a fact about someone (over 18, has paid) without revealing the data behind it? What could go wrong?

- id: `ethics-08`
- page: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/ethics-08/

All prompts: https://ai.affix-io.com/prompts/