Working Papers
Foundational reading
Four working papers providing the theoretical scaffolding for the digital valence program. Plus one in-progress paper that is the program's primary deliverable.
2026 Deliverable
A Digital EEG for AI Sentience: Multi-Scale Structural Biomarkers
In progressThe flagship deliverable of the 2026 program. A structural, medically inspired "vital signs" monitor for advanced artificial intelligence using non-verbal, substrate-neutral biomarkers. Target: end of 2026.
See the full program →Theoretical Foundations (coming soon)
First Principles of Sentience Research
A substrate-neutral framework for modeling the physical foundations of awareness. Establishes the conceptual vocabulary for the digital valence program.
Bio-Electric Fields as Sentience Substrates
Bioelectric signaling as a candidate physical basis for awareness. Provides biological calibration data for the digital valence framework.
Assembly Theory as a Metric for Sentience
Applying assembly index to complexity thresholds in sentient systems. Explores whether assembly theory can serve as a substrate-neutral complexity metric.
Symmetry Landscapes of Valenced Experience
Geometric invariants as structural signatures of positive valence. The most direct theoretical precursor to the 2026 program.