Discovering the rules for
We are working to make the digital world more trusted, fair, and open for all
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Our Thesis
Humanity's reality is now a mixture of the physical and the digital, the authentic and the generative. But where the physical world is bound by natural laws, the digital world is governed by rules we make up.
Those rules can be broken or changed - this is a problem. We can fix this problem with math.
Just like the laws of nature can be described mathematically, we can create primary laws that supersede any other rules we create in the digital world. In the physical world, natural laws are part of the shared world around us; they apply to everyone equally.
In the digital world, we need a common compute environment that does the math - the same way, for everyone, all of the time. Blockchains are really good for this.
But before we even get that far, we need to make sure that how we are being represented digitally is an accurate reflection of us. This is the boring work of data cleansing and documentation - but these are the "instructions" on which our future is being trained. It is important to get it right.
Our Mission
Isaac Asimov told a story about how three simple hierarchical rules could govern the interobjective relationship between humans and robots; these were the 3 laws of robotics. He later realized that in order for humans and robots to reach their full potential (galactic civilization) he needed to include a zeroth law to supersede all others. And it was from this law (our namesake) that he built his foundation.
At Zeroth Technology, we want that foundation to be set correctly and to give equal footing to everyone and everything. We exist at the intersection of physical and digital, we are driven to get the inputs right and to discover those universal laws that can be encoded into decentralized networks and used as the foundation for future technology.
Our Approach
We know this is ambitious, but we are not in this alone. Zeroth Technology is committed to open research, open source solutions, and modular technology. We take on various projects that are aligned to our values and areas we can build out components of our overall vision.
Projects we are excited about
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CSER
Describing supply chain events mathematically so that claims on products can be settled in a shared execution environment.
AESOP
Our knowledge documents represent what we know and how we operate. Misinterpretation by a LLM can be dangerous. Aesop helps prevent that.
BLT
Encoding optical messages into live streaming video for proof of contemporaneous authenticity