David Spends His Integrity

David’s uploaded mind has a known integrity flaw: high-intensity computation accelerates his degradation. He repeatedly spends his remaining coherence to protect Maddie and stop Chanda.

A system can remain highly capable while its internal integrity silently decays, making runtime health, graceful degradation, and the welfare of digital minds central safety concerns.

David knowingly sacrifices himself; this is not merely a reliability bug but also a morally weighty choice by a person-like being.