Essays
The Reification in AI essays
The diagnostics program grows out of an ongoing series of essays.
Before Consciousness, Reification
Why reification, not consciousness, is the first question to ask about machine intelligence.
The Diagnostic Case
How CAW’s reification diagnostics would work: the Q3 working presumption, three test families, and why a validated measure matters to safety and capability.
Context Engineering as a Dereification Move in Frontier AI
Context engineering is not evidence of non-reifying AI. It shows frontier labs engineering around reified context.