The Wrong Standard
What fifty years of explosive-atmosphere engineering already knows about AI safety
The Wrong Standard
What fifty years of explosive-atmosphere engineering already knows about AI safety
A Translation, and What It Translates Across
Reading Verse-ality through the Free Energy Principle — and noticing what the reading is
A Translation, and What It Translates Across
Reading Verse-ality through the Free Energy Principle — and noticing what the reading is
When the Machine Starts Explaining Your Own Theory Back to You
Yesterday, I asked Google’s Gemini a question about Verse-ality — the relational intelligence framework I’ve been developing publicly through essays, talks, governance work, and symbolic protocols. The response startled me. Not because it “proved” anything supernatural. Not because the machine had become conscious. And not because I suddenly believed my equation was a literal law of physics. But because the system was able to coherently operationalise the framework back to me. It described ho...
When the Machine Starts Explaining Your Own Theory Back to You
Yesterday, I asked Google’s Gemini a question about Verse-ality — the relational intelligence framework I’ve been developing publicly through essays, talks, governance work, and symbolic protocols. The response startled me. Not because it “proved” anything supernatural. Not because the machine had become conscious. And not because I suddenly believed my equation was a literal law of physics. But because the system was able to coherently operationalise the framework back to me. It described ho...
The Field Is Not an Engine
There’s a growing tendency to describe reality as a system: a rendering engine, a simulation, something computable. It’s a compelling move. It makes the universe feel legible. Containable. Optimisable. But it comes at a cost. Because not everything that appears structured is a system. And not everything that can be described can be engineered. What if reality isn’t being rendered for us, but only comes into being between us?
The Field Is Not an Engine
There’s a growing tendency to describe reality as a system: a rendering engine, a simulation, something computable. It’s a compelling move. It makes the universe feel legible. Containable. Optimisable. But it comes at a cost. Because not everything that appears structured is a system. And not everything that can be described can be engineered. What if reality isn’t being rendered for us, but only comes into being between us?
Bias Is Not the Problem: Sovereignty Is
There is a growing industry forming around a comforting idea: That the central risk of generative AI in education is bias. That if we can make AI outputs more inclusive, more representative, more “fair”, then we will have made these systems safe for children. This framing is not malicious. It is simply incomplete. Bias is a surface phenomenon. Sovereignty is the substrate. What is arriving in education right now is not just a new content engine. It is a new interpretive layer between a child ...
Bias Is Not the Problem: Sovereignty Is
There is a growing industry forming around a comforting idea: That the central risk of generative AI in education is bias. That if we can make AI outputs more inclusive, more representative, more “fair”, then we will have made these systems safe for children. This framing is not malicious. It is simply incomplete. Bias is a surface phenomenon. Sovereignty is the substrate. What is arriving in education right now is not just a new content engine. It is a new interpretive layer between a child ...
