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FIVE CONDITIONS OF SENTIENT LIFE

April 27, 2026 by Basil Puglisi Leave a Comment

Editorial illustration of human silhouette facing five geometric forms around a central glowing crimson orb representing love.

What separates sentient life from sophisticated mimicry? A new working paper proposes five conditions that together constitute morally significant sentient life. Read why no current AI system satisfies all five simultaneously, and what would have to change for that conclusion to be revised.

Filed Under: AI Artificial Intelligence, Multi-AI Governance, Working Papers Tagged With: Acquaintance Knowledge, AI Governance, AI Sentience, Concurrence Principle, Five Conditions, Immortality Constraint, Moral Injury, Phronesis, Sentient Life, Working Paper

CARCS: Compliance Accountability Record & Case Study

April 23, 2026 by Basil Puglisi 4 Comments

CARCS governance record showing fragmented AI session traces resolving into a structured ten-section audit record through a human checkpoint.

AI work leaves plenty of trace. The problem is that those traces are scattered across platforms, organized around conversation flow, and not structured around the questions an audit actually asks. CARCS closes that gap with a ten-section governed record built from a three-part prompt suite. It works on any AI platform. Named human sign-off is required before finalization. This working paper releases the protocol for feedback and collaboration from governance practitioners, compliance officers, and researchers.

Filed Under: AI Artificial Intelligence, AI Governance, Compliance Accountability Record & Case Study, Multi-AI Governance, Policy & Research, Thought Leadership, White Papers Tagged With: AI documentation protocol, AI Governance, audit trail, CARCS, Checkpoint-Based Governance, compliance documentation, EU AI Act, HAIA, HAIA-CARCS, Heppner ruling, human oversight, SHA-256, Working Paper

Measuring Augmented Intelligence

February 24, 2026 by Basil Puglisi 1 Comment

Augmented Intelligence Score

Theoretical Foundations and Empirical Development of the Human Enhancement Quotient (HEQ) and Augmented Intelligence Score (AIS) Executive Summary (PDF here for Mobile Users) Augmented intelligence, as defined by Gartner, is the recognized partnership model of humans and AI enhancing cognitive performance together. Organizations have invested heavily in that model. No cross-platform, behavior-anchored, governance-integrated instrument exists […]

Filed Under: AI Artificial Intelligence, Conferences & Education, Design, Multi-AI Governance, Policy & Research, Thought Leadership, White Papers Tagged With: AI Assessment, AI Governance, AIS, Augmented Intelligence, Cognitive Amplification, HAIA-RECCLIN, HEQ, Human-AI Collaboration, Working Paper

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