A Structural Response to Claude’s Constitution &“The Adolescence of Technology” Essay (PDF) Executive Summary On January 21, 2026, Anthropic published Claude’s Constitution, an 80-page document articulating values, character formation, and behavioral guidelines for its AI system. Six days later, on January 27, 2026, CEO Dario Amodei released “The Adolescence of Technology,” a 20,000-word essay examining […]
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The Adolescence of Governance
The Quality Distinction Missing from AI Safety Original Letter (Click to Read) To: Dario Amodei, Chief Executive Officer, Anthropic, Your essay, The Adolescence of Technology, is one of the most serious and intellectually honest examinations of advanced AI risk produced by a frontier lab leader. It avoids religious doom narratives, rejects inevitability claims, and confronts […]
A CONSTITUTION IS NOT GOVERNANCE
Why Claude’s Ethical Charter Requires a Structural Companion A White Paper on Categorical Distinction in AI Development (PDF) Executive Summary On January 21, 2026, Anthropic released an approximately 23,000 word document titled “Claude’s Constitution.” The document represents a serious and sophisticated attempt to shape AI behavior through cultivated judgment rather than rigid rules (Anthropic, 2026). […]
What We Failed to Define Is How We Fail
Ethical AI, Responsible AI, and AI Governance Are Not the Same Thing The Thesis: Language Failure Becomes Operational Failure We keep arguing about AI safety while failing to define governance itself. This confusion guarantees downstream failure in oversight and accountability. Three terms circulate through boardrooms, policy documents, and LinkedIn debates as if they mean the […]
Checkpoint-Based Governance
A Constitution for Human-AI Collaboration An AI Governance Framework Version 4.2.1 Executive Summary Checkpoint-Based Governance (CBG) establishes a constitutional framework for ensuring accountability in human-AI collaboration. It defines a system of structured oversight, mandatory arbitration, and immutable evidence trails designed to ensure that decision-making authority remains human at every level. The framework provides a practical […]