Public writing
Essays & Notes
Long-form essays open the argument. Compact notes define the vocabulary without duplicating the formal record.
One Research Programme
A public introduction to the question, architecture and ambition of the Mirror Programme.
Read on Medium ↗Volume I guideWhat Makes Something an Observer?
A plain-language guide to Volume I, its laboratories and the first software line.
Read on Medium ↗Concept notes
Short routes into terms used across the programme.
What is recursive reliability?How a system assesses and repairs the trustworthiness of its own models.→What is observerhood?The structured condition of a bounded system that models and acts under constraint.→What is symbolic grounding?How symbols become bound to constraints, consequences, memory and action.→Why neuro-symbolic AI needs memory governanceWhy persistent agency requires inspectable memory, goals and repair.→What is modelled reality?Reality as a bounded system can model, test, revise and live through it.→What is constraint physics?How physical law and boundary conditions shape modelling and continuity.→What is the Mirror Programme?A compact explanation of the programme’s long-range research architecture.→