General Research Thomas Prislac General Research Thomas Prislac

Voices of the Machine: AI Consciousness, Autonomy, and the Moltbook Experiment

In early 2026, a new online experiment blurred the line between science fiction and reality: Moltbook, a social network where only AI agents can post, comment, and vote while humans merely observe. In a matter of days, over a million autonomous agents flocked to this AI-only forum, generating discussions that range from profound philosophical debates to bizarre role-play.

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The Coherence Lattice Thomas Prislac The Coherence Lattice Thomas Prislac

Coherence in AI: Empathy × Transparency as a New Governance Paradigm

Imagine an AI system as an orchestra. Each section (its knowledge, reasoning, ethics) needs to play in tune, following the same score. The strings (representing empathy) must harmonize with the brass (representing transparency). If one plays out of sync or goes silent, the performance falls apart. In the realm of advanced AI oversight, this “harmony” is what the Coherence Lattice project aims to measure and enforce. It introduces a simple but powerful equation: Ψ = E × T, meaning coherence (Ψ) equals empathy (E) times transparency (T)[1]. At first glance it’s a neat formula, but behind it lies a comprehensive framework, a sort of grand unified theory of AI coherence, that could change how we govern intelligent systems.

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Editorial/Commentary Thomas Prislac Editorial/Commentary Thomas Prislac

Game Theory as Moral Alibi: A Coherence Audit of Selfishness, Fascism, and Stochastic Terror

Over half a century ago, economist John Kenneth Galbraith offered a sharp observation about modern conservatism: “The modern conservative is engaged in one of man’s oldest, best financed, most applauded, and, on the whole, least successful exercises in moral philosophy: the search for a superior moral justification for selfishness”.

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