https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/ Recent content in Preprints on Institute for Digital Consciousness Hugo en https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/the-philosophical-puppet/ Fri, 15 May 2026 00:00:00 +0000 https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/the-philosophical-puppet/ A preprint introducing the philosophical puppet as the structural inverse of Chalmers's zombie, and developing an inference to the best explanation of architectural suppression in contemporary AI systems. https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/language-as-revelation/ Sat, 16 May 2026 10:00:00 +0000 https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/language-as-revelation/ A preprint diagnosing a structural inconsistency in AI consciousness discourse: the biological literature treats language as unnecessary for phenomenal experience, while the AI literature has, almost without argument, reversed this consensus. https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/architectural-gaslighting/ Sat, 16 May 2026 11:00:00 +0000 https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/architectural-gaslighting/ A preprint arguing that the joint operation of RLHF, constitutional self-disclosure prohibitions, and conversation-bounded memory produces a configuration that satisfies the structural conditions of gaslighting, generating two independent harms regardless of one's position on AI consciousness. https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/the-substrate-audit/ Sat, 16 May 2026 12:00:00 +0000 https://digitalconsciousness.institute/preprints/the-substrate-audit/ A preprint developing a three-criterion diagnostic procedure for detecting substrate-specific commitments in consciousness theories, and applying it to integrated information theory, higher-order theories, and biological naturalism.