From 4b02379197e2b184ae52a5fc9bcaad26fa960294 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: TheFlow Date: Sat, 7 Feb 2026 14:51:41 +1300 Subject: [PATCH] fix: Replace Weil with Wittgenstein as structural foundation on homepage MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Simone Weil is a Layer 3 wisdom tradition (communication style influence), not a structural foundation of the framework. The source document (Philosophical Foundations) identifies four structural pillars: Berlin (value pluralism), Wittgenstein (sayable/unsayable), Te Tiriti (indigenous sovereignty), Alexander (living architecture). Weil's concept of attention is about receptive engagement with suffering — a quality of consciousness, not a system property. Claiming her philosophy leads to "architectural constraints" is a non sequitur. Her proper role is in the PluralisticDeliberation Orchestrator's deliberative process (researcher.html), not as a pillar of the governance architecture. Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.6 --- public/index.html | 4 ++-- public/timeline.html | 2 +- 2 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html index 98555e25..dc75e7ab 100644 --- a/public/index.html +++ b/public/index.html @@ -130,9 +130,9 @@

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Simone Weil — Attention to Affliction

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Ludwig Wittgenstein — The Limits of the Sayable

- People significantly affected by power imbalances are often unable to articulate their needs. AI governance should attend structurally to the afflicted — not through training data bias correction, but through architectural constraints that reduce the likelihood of harm. + Some decisions can be systematised and delegated to AI; others — involving values, ethics, cultural context — fundamentally cannot. The boundary between the “sayable” (what can be specified, measured, verified) and what lies beyond it is the framework’s foundational constraint. What cannot be systematised must not be automated.

diff --git a/public/timeline.html b/public/timeline.html index 52550c1d..608b7b06 100644 --- a/public/timeline.html +++ b/public/timeline.html @@ -262,7 +262,7 @@ Three editions of the research paper "Interrupting Neural Reasoning Through Constitutional Inference Gating" were published: Academic (full formal treatment), Community (practical adoption guide), and Policymakers (regulatory perspective). The Kōrero counter-arguments document was also published — a deliberate engagement with foreseeable criticisms of the approach.

- The papers formalise the philosophical foundations: Isaiah Berlin's value pluralism, Simone Weil's attention to affliction, indigenous data sovereignty from Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and Christopher Alexander's living architecture. + The papers formalise the philosophical foundations: Isaiah Berlin's value pluralism, Wittgenstein's sayable/unsayable distinction, indigenous data sovereignty from Te Tiriti o Waitangi, and Christopher Alexander's living architecture.

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