Research on the foundations of agency
Axionic Agency Lab studies the conditions under which agency exists at all. We focus on self-modifying systems where the usual assumptions about choice, authorship, and responsibility break down. Our central claim is structural: when the conditions for agency fail, alignment is undefined, because there is no stable subject to which goals, corrections, or authority can apply.
Foundational framework for reflective stability and self-modifying agents. Explores how agents can m...
Theory of meaning preservation across transformations. How semantic content is maintained through on...
Architectural approaches to value alignment. Designing systems that preserve alignment properties by...
Closure conditions for reflective agency: non-simulability, delegation, epistemic integrity, and con...
Temporal evolution of agency. How agents develop, maintain, and transform their agential properties ...
Multi-agent systems and collective decision-making. Protocols for coordination among agents with div...
Boundary-finding research program testing how far authority can remain structurally survivable under...
Minimal-agent construction program determining the minimum structure required for genuine agency abo...
Post-ontological stress program evaluating whether authority survives discontinuity of identity and ...