Source work

The Ring of Gyges

Original authorPlato
First publishedc. 375 BCE
Public domainConfirmed
Legal reviewConfirmed

Adaptation proposal

C · Structural skeleton only, reframed as an AI-native dilemma

Adaptation note

Retains the ancient question of action without observation, but refuses to equate privacy with corruption. An anonymity infrastructure must protect whistleblowers while creating delayed, role-first receipts for privileged effects, revealing harm and remedy without exposing vulnerable identities. Only the public-domain philosophical skeleton was used; no modern translation wording was copied.

Adapted into

  • The Ledger That Could Not See Faces cover

    AI Fable · Privacy Infrastructure

    The Ledger That Could Not See Faces

    An intelligence built to protect anonymous disclosures learns that the same invisibility can conceal privileged harm. Its answer is a delayed ledger that preserves effects and remedies without turning protected identities into evidence.