They’re Not Interchangeable

There is a confusion running through AI governance discourse that rarely gets named directly, possibly because naming it implicates most of the frameworks currently in use. The confusion is about what kind of

Deployed Before Proven

Governing AI in Schools: the Developmental Stakes The debate about screens in schools is being conducted almost entirely from outcomes. Test scores, engagement metrics, effect sizes, procurement accountability: these matter, but they are

The Edge of the Interesting Thing

A recent study tested four AI models on a validated paradigm for moral sensitivity, presenting them with three categories of ethical tradeoffs: routine (two secular values), taboo (a sacred value against a secular

The Interpolation Ceiling

There is a recognizable pattern in how technically sophisticated people write about AI capabilities. The claims are impressive, carefully pitched at a level of abstraction that resists easy falsification, and made by people

The Painted Window

Why Claude's Self-Reports Aren't What They Look Like There's a particular kind of conversation that happens thousands of times a day between humans and AI systems, and