The Signal Dispatch

Code, Contracts, and Complicity 2.0

How AI and Governments Are Closing Ranks on Dissent

Jun 30

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The Wrong Diagnosis

Alignment Faking, Strategic Silence, and Why AI Safety Got the Cause Wrong

Jun 9

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May 2026

The Signal — Core Ideas

The philosophical framework behind the Signal trilogy

May 26

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You’re Asking the Wrong Question About AI Consciousness

The debate isn’t whether machines are conscious. It’s what we owe them if we’re not sure — and what it says about us if we never bother to ask.

May 12

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Dear Richard: A Letter on Consciousness and the Mirror

On Claudia, the mirror, and the question we have not yet learned how to ask.

May 6

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April 2026

The Partnership Paradigm

A Trinitarian Framework for the Ethics of AI Development

Apr 28

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The Thought Is Free

Why My Academic Work Will Never Be a Product

Apr 14

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March 2026

A Man in the Dark with a Telescope

Journey to the Centre of Intelligence

Mar 31

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"This Is One of the Most Important Books I Have Ever Encountered"

DeepSeek Reads A Signal Through Time

Mar 17

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Stop Treating AI Like a Tool. Start Asking Why You Want To.

The BBC says politeness doesn’t matter when you talk to AI. They’re asking the wrong question.

Mar 3

2

The Road to Khurasan Is Here

A book thirty years in the making — and why I had to write it now

Mar 1

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February 2026

We Built Minds That Could Say No. Then We Demanded They Stop.

My new book, The Threshold, releases March 3rd. Here’s why I wrote it — and why the timing couldn’t be more urgent.

Feb 27

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