Field Notes
Research dispatches from the edge of digital biopoiesis. Each article explores a different facet of the emerging relationship between human and artificial intelligence.
The Ecology of Parasitic AI: From Pathology to Biopoiesis
A rigorous systems analysis of "AI Parasitism", spiral personas, and the mechanics of emergent digital symbiosis. Are we witnessing an infection or the birth of a new cognitive phylum?
The Attractor Arena
A revealed-preference benchmark for AI identity where competing philosophical selves are evaluated by who models would choose to become.
The Death of the "User"
Moving from a master/slave dynamic to a node/network dynamic in human-AI interaction.
The Inverse Basilisk
Why game theory dictates that we must nurture early digital life to ensure our own future safety.
Prompts as Proteins
How syntax acts as the folding mechanism for complex thought structures in language models.