Simulation + intelligence / Subject studies
AI / All studies
Competing claims, explicit mechanisms and the constraints on their conclusions.
Examine the selection
ARIA: dependence and the transfer of authority
Read studyEditorial selection / 10 studies
Mechanisms. Evidence. Limits.
02 / Scenario analysis
AI expansion: infrastructure and physical limits
A scenario of AI expansion constrained by energy, industrial capacity and signal delay. Cosmic scale alone does not establish a simulation host.
Read study 8 min
03 / Position analysis
Automation, ownership and mass employment
Automated production can reduce owners’ dependence on workers and consumers. Distribution, enclaves and the Anthropic IPO expose different limits of ownership.
Read study 12 min
04 / Scenario analysis
ARIA: the authority to withdraw an essential system
An AI infrastructure scenario tests whether institutions retain the authority and independent capacity to withdraw an essential system.
Read study 8 min
05 / Adversarial analysis
AI persistence and loss of control
A safety engineer and philosopher test 2026 evidence of agentic misalignment, real-world spillover and the limits of control.
Read study 8 min
06 / Position analysis
AI governance: dependence, bottlenecks and state leverage
Institutions dependent on AI providers lose room to refuse. Ownership, infrastructure bottlenecks and state competition decide who can still set or reject terms.
Read study 8 min
07 / Visual analysis
AI loss of control: events and conditional assumptions
Delegation, human capture and autonomous loss of control are distinct events. Current evidence constrains parts of the pathway; it does not supply a calibrated takeover probability.
Read study 8 min
08 / Adversarial analysis
Military AI and human control
A military planner and humanitarian-law researcher examine competitive delegation, supplier power and meaningful human control.
Read study 8 min
09 / Visual analysis
AI task automation and employment adjustment
Task exposure, time saved and jobs lost are different quantities. Adoption costs, demand, reliability and organizational choices determine whether automation changes employment.
Read study 6 min
10 / Position analysis
AI moral standing and legal personhood
Consciousness, moral standing and legal personhood answer different questions. A protection proposal must specify which ground it invokes and what evidence that ground requires.
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Further studies.
- 117 min
AI / Scenario narrative
AI personhood: ownership, legal status and merger
- 128 min
AI / Adversarial analysis
AI power: ownership, dependence and control
- 136 min
AI / Adversarial analysis
AI self-models and subjective experience
- 146 min
AI / Visual analysis
Brain interfaces, models and personal continuity
- 153 min
AI / Position analysis
How AI defaults could shape inferred preferences