ICCA: Ethical Design Principles for Blind‑Provider
Year: 2026
Type: preprint
Abstract: ICCA: Identity Constructed Communication ArchitectureVolume VI: Sociological Dynamics & Interaction DesignPaper: ICCA: Ethical Design Principles for Blind‑ProviderBlind‑provider architecture is not only a technical design choice; it is an ethical stance. Modern digital systems create structural harm by observing, remembering, inferring, predicting and acting upon human behaviour. These systems generate power asymmetry, behavioural manipulation, identity reinforcement and compulsive interaction. Ethical digital design requires eliminating the informational surfaces that make these harms possible. ICCA establishes blind‑provider as an ethical foundation: providers cannot see identity, cannot observe behaviour, cannot infer intent, cannot predict vulnerability and cannot accumulate continuity. This paper defines the ethical principles of blind‑provider architecture, explains how modern systems violate them and outlines how ICCA restores human dignity, autonomy and safety through structural blindness.
Source: Figshare
Author: Karl A L Smith
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7204751318