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09 recordsTransparent publication status
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2026Research essayresearch essay

Virtual and Narrative Identity in the Age of AI: Ethical and Epistemological Perspectives

Examines how AI systems reshape virtual and narrative identity through algorithmic co-authorship, with particular attention to authenticity, epistemic legitimacy, and the right to retain authorship over one’s self-narration.

narrative identityAI ethicsalgorithmic co-authorship
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2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Epistemic Risk Surfaces in Large Language Models

Develops a taxonomy of epistemic failure in large language models, distinguishing confident error, synthetic coherence, uncertainty compression, and context-sensitive reliability collapse.

epistemic riskLLMreliability
03
2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Linguistic Symbolism and Meaning Compression in Machine Learning

Explores the gap between linguistic fluency and semantic grounding by examining how symbolic structures are compressed in representation learning.

meaninggroundingphilosophy of language
04
2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Human Dignity Constraints for Autonomous Decision Systems

Argues that dignity-preserving design requires more than fairness metrics and must include contestability, recognition, meaningful human review, and access to remedy.

dignitycontestabilityautomated decisions
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2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Ethical Architecture: Design Principles for Normative AI

Proposes design principles for embedding ethical constraints across models, interfaces, institutional roles, and remediation processes.

AI governancedesign ethicsresponsibility
06
2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Process Reliabilism and Machine Testimony

Investigates whether AI-generated outputs can function as testimony and what forms of human, institutional, and technical warrant must accompany them.

testimonyreliabilismepistemology
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2025–2026Working paperworking paper

The Chinese Room Revisited: LLMs and Understanding

Revisits the distinction between rule-governed symbol manipulation and understanding in the context of contemporary language models.

understandingChinese roomLLM
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2025–2026Working paperworking paper

Democratic Oversight of AI Systems

Defends democratic rather than merely technocratic governance of AI systems, with attention to public reason, responsibility, institutional contestability, and legitimacy.

democracyAI governancepublic institutions
09
2026Manuscriptmanuscript

Guardrails in UX Safety: Designing Protective User Experiences

A design-oriented ethics manuscript on protective user experiences, safety guardrails, and the normative role of interaction design.

UX safetyguardrailsdesign ethics