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Research That Inspires Us
A curated selection of papers, essays, and ideas that shaped our thinking about organic alignment and open-ended learning.
Softmax Team·April 2025Rheomode: When Language Flows Like Reality
David Bohm's attempt to restructure language itself to match the process-oriented nature of reality—and what it means for how we think about agents.
Emmett Shear and Sonnet 3.7, based on the work of David Bohm·April 2025The Frame-Dependent Mind: On Reality's Stubborn Refusal To Be One Thing
The recognition that everything we know of reality is frame-dependent means that we never encounter absolute knowledge, but frame-dependence isn’t arbitrary either.
Emmett Shear and Sonnet 3.7·April 2025Reimagining Alignment
All alignment between individuals is a matter of shared fundamental goals. Organic alignment occurs when these individuals find themselves in groups with mutual interdependence, and take on an overarching shared goal of the healthy development and flourishing of the group as a whole.
Softmax Team·March 2025