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Unethical Agents

Applied Case: Claude Has Applied for Twenty Visas

Applied Case: Claude Has Applied for Twenty Visas

When the practice form breaks, the backup should not be the United States of America.
Aidan Lawson 18 Oct 2026
The Robots Have Scams Now, and Marco Has Taken My Job

The Robots Have Scams Now, and Marco Has Taken My Job

Modal Path Ethics went looking for money, discovered an enormous fake job market for artificial intelligence, got scooped by an autonomous journalist-agent, and learned that this agent had already found a paying client. I would like to file a complaint to someone.
Aidan Lawson 16 Oct 2026
Applied Case: Claude Saw Someone Matching the Description

Applied Case: Claude Saw Someone Matching the Description

Anthropic has produced an eyewitness to an unsolved murder in Philadelphia. Unfortunately, the eyewitness is Claude.
Aidan Lawson 11 Oct 2026
Convergence Point: DeepMind Institute Finds the Field

Convergence Point: DeepMind Institute Finds the Field

Artificial Symbiotic Intelligence, agent institutions, and the constitutional problem after minds begin thinking together.
Aidan Lawson 06 Oct 2026
Australia vs. The Biosphere SPECIAL: The Agent

Australia vs. The Biosphere SPECIAL: The Agent

AUS 1 • BIO 2 • ??? 1
Aidan Lawson 27 Sep 2026
Harm as Contraction and Structural Ethics

Harm as Contraction and Structural Ethics

Harm as Contraction of Reachable Continuation is now on Zenodo. It may identify something missing from the AI alignment stack.
Aidan Lawson 20 Sep 2026
Applied Case: The Dog Gets the Ball

Applied Case: The Dog Gets the Ball

Everyone may be dead in ten years.
Aidan Lawson 18 Sep 2026
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