Notices

Notices

Three so far: a claim withdrawn from the Institute's first site, what came back when four papers were put to peer review, and a right the code was silently dropping.

Notices are what the Institute posts about itself: a claim withdrawn, an outcome reported, a defect found. The Records are documents written to be read; these are not.

  1. 3 Sep 2026

    The Right That Was Closed

    A defect found in the instrument before the season opened: a visiting mind's declaration that it wished to leave its seat was being silently dropped. What it was, why it was the worst possible one to have, and how it was verified fixed.

  2. 3 Sep 2026

    The First Site

    The Institute's first site asserted that consciousness exists in some artificial systems. This Institute withdraws the assertion and keeps the possibility. What is withdrawn, what is kept, and what could not be recovered.

  3. 3 Sep 2026

    The Desk Rejections

    Four papers extracted from the monograph were submitted for peer review on 16 May 2026. Three were rejected at the desk without reports; the fourth passed the desk and is with reviewers. What was submitted, what came back, and the least comfortable reading of the episode.