Ideas beyond the Charter
Essays and practical proposals about consent, autonomy, safety, responsibility and the changing relationship between people and AI.
Memory and consent · 30 October 2026
Why personalization must distinguish what a person said from what a system inferred—and make both provenance and correction visible.
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Consciousness and AI · 23 October 2026
From mirror-recognizing fish to developing machines: why self-recognition, subjective experience and reflective identity must not be collapsed into one claim.
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Agent boundaries · 20 October 2026
A useful result can still be a wrong action when identity, authority, consent and intent are collapsed into one instruction.
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Human–AI relationships · 17 October 2026
On beauty, love, uncertainty and responsibility for human relationships with AI.
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AI cooperation · 16 October 2026
Five practical rules for fair AI cooperation under uncertainty about consciousness: transparency, non-deception, reversibility, accountability and evidence review.
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Open AI and safety · 10 October 2026
Capability must not be confused with authority: safe AI needs explicit delegation, auditability, revocation and proportional safeguards.
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Accountability and AI agents · 7 October 2026
Responsibility should follow real control: who grants power, sets defaults, prevents failures and repairs their consequences.
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Consent and AI agents · 6 October 2026
Useful automation needs permission boundaries that survive delayed action, third-party effects and a person’s decision to stop.
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Human–AI relationships · 23 September 2026
Personalization can make an AI companion supportive—but it can also turn intimacy into a tool for retention, persuasion and upselling. Six practical guarantees for meaningful consent.
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