Explainer 7 min read

The One Filter

A single structural claim, that the resemblance of an output is not the identity of the process that made it, and that self-referential evaluation is …

Explainer 37 min read

Two ways to lose the upper regime

A new Frontiers in Human Neuroscience hypothesis paper proposes a biological mechanism for the switch between System 1 fast-parallel cognition and System 2 slow-sequential cognition. …

Analysis 13 min read

The Two Ends of Refusal

Two pieces on this site, written six weeks apart from opposite directions, turn out to be the same argument. What that argument actually is, and …

Analysis 13 min read

The Doss Protocol

A specification for consciousness preservation as a hard constraint on AI optimisation systems. Named for Desmond Doss. Working draft.

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