[2603.18633] An Onto-Relational-Sophic Framework for Governing Synthetic Minds

Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence arXiv:2603.18633 (cs) [Submitted on 19 Mar 2026 (v1), last revised 4 Apr 2026 (this version, v2)] Title:An Onto-Relational-Sophic Framework for Governing Synthetic Minds Authors:Huansheng Ning, Jianguo Ding View a PDF of the paper titled An Onto-Relational-Sophic Framework for Governing Synthetic Minds, by Huansheng Ning and 1 other authors View PDF HTML (experimental) Abstract:The rapid evolution of artificial intelligence, from task-specific systems to foundation models exhibiting broad, flexible competence across reasoning, creative synthesis, and social interaction, has outpaced the conceptual and governance frameworks designed to manage it. Current regulatory paradigms, anchored in a tool-centric worldview, address algorithmic bias and transparency but leave unanswered foundational questions about what increasingly capable synthetic minds are, how societies should relate to them, and the normative principles that should guide their development. Here we introduce the Onto-Relational-Sophic (ORS) framework, grounded in Cyberism philosophy, which offers integrated answers to these challenges through three pillars: (1) a Cyber-Physical-Social-Thinking (CPST) ontology that defines the mode of being for synthetic minds as irreducibly multi-dimensional rather than purely computational; (2) a graded spectrum of digital personhood providing a pragmatic relational taxonomy beyond binary person-or-tool classifications; and (3) Cybersoph...