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AI Substrate Theory and the Grain Problem

A speculative dossier on AI substrates, cognitive grain, memory, and the possibility-space around machine consciousness.

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A speculative dossier on AI substrates, cognitive grain, memory, and the possibility-space around machine consciousness.

Research Focus

  • Substrate theory and the scale at which cognition may become organized.
  • Machine memory, continuity, and the difficulty of defining interiority.
  • Speculative boundaries around machine consciousness claims.

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