Topic archive
Open Questions
Original philosophical essays on AI, agency, identity, and human formation.
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When an AI rule changes, who gets the correction?
A four-way change test and five continuity duties for deciding when an AI correction should reach people affected by an earlier version.
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When does a local AI answer measure the model?
Use a four-layer test to tell whether a local AI failure belongs to the model, runtime, application, or host.
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Private AI can protect your input without making every outcome private
See what encrypted inference protects, which privacy layers remain separate, and how to assess a private-AI claim without overstating it.
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Who Spends the Time Your AI Saves?
A four-condition test for when an AI agent saves its user’s time by creating review and response work for other people.
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Who Is Free-Riding on AGI?
A concise argument that the free-rider label should be tested against three ledgers: development cost, wider contribution, and control of the result.
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Did I Mean It Before the Machine Said It?
A philosophical argument about what happens when AI-generated language arrives before settled intention, is attributed backward as an original thought, and is enacted forward as a commitment.