Samkhya says the effect pre-exists in the cause, the substrate is inert, and discernment comes before the self. Read as a design note for AGI, it says most of our alignment vocabulary is pointed at the potter and the clay decides more.
Yoga and the mindScience and technology
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AI and agents
Emergence, alignment as architecture, and what happens when the players are no longer human.
3 pieces
- EssayOct 17, 2026Every mind has a material cause
- EssayOct 10, 2026Simple rules, whole societies
Three local rules give you a murmuration. Slightly different rules give you a stampede. The rules between agents deserve the same care as the capabilities inside them.
MathematicsOptimization - NyāyaApr 21, 2024Where there is smoke
The school of how we know and how we argue: four roads to knowledge, one shape for every inference, and a complete catalogue of the ways a losing opponent cheats.
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