Transition Dynamics
How do societies, economies, and governance structures transform when artificial superintelligence emerges? We model phase transitions across labor markets, political systems, and cultural institutions to develop preparedness roadmaps.
Key questions:
- What economic sectors face immediate disruption vs. gradual transformation?
- How do democratic institutions adapt when AI systems outperform human decision-makers?
- What historical precedents (industrial revolution, internet) apply — and where do they break down?
Containment Architecture
Not alignment in the narrow technical sense, but the broader challenge: designing institutional, legal, and social frameworks that maintain meaningful human agency alongside ASI-class systems.
Key questions:
- What governance structures remain effective when AI capabilities exceed human oversight capacity?
- How do you design organizations that can interface with ASI without being subsumed by it?
- What role do international institutions play in ASI governance?
Post-Scarcity Economics
If ASI enables radical material abundance, the fundamental assumptions of economics change. We develop theoretical frameworks for value, exchange, purpose, and motivation beyond material scarcity.
Key questions:
- What replaces labor-based income in a post-scarcity economy?
- How do markets function when production costs approach zero?
- What drives human motivation when survival needs are universally met?
Cognitive Sovereignty
As AI systems become more persuasive than any human communicator, maintaining authentic human decision-making becomes a civilizational challenge. We research cognitive defense, epistemic autonomy, and the philosophy of machine-mediated thought.
Key questions:
- How do individuals verify their beliefs are genuinely their own?
- What institutional safeguards protect collective decision-making from AI manipulation?
- Where is the line between AI assistance and AI substitution of human cognition?