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The Ambient Scribe Is Not the Visit
The clean note may be easier to read than the truth.
Jun 22 • Paul LaPosta
Your AI Didn’t Fail. It Read What You Wrote.
Imagine this.
Jun 12 • Paul LaPosta

May 2026

Squint Harder
AI dependency is the wrong fear.
May 21 • Paul LaPosta
The Disconfirmation Test
Machine Subjecthood Claims Must Say What Would Make Them False
May 20 • Paul LaPosta
The Human in the Loop Is Not Enough
Healthcare AI needs delegated authority controls, not interface theater.
May 19 • Paul LaPosta

March 2026

Self-Modeling and the Sense-of-Self Upgrade
A Case Study
Mar 19 • Paul LaPosta
The Functionalist Strawman
An Analytical Psychology Perspective
Mar 17 • Paul LaPosta
Operational Stewardship:When Respect Becomes Neglect
The failure nobody names because it looks too much like professionalism
Mar 14 • Paul LaPosta
Aliveness and the Organs of the Psyche
Introduction to The Five Wits and an Organism-Level Architecture of Mind
Mar 10 • Paul LaPosta

February 2026

Falsifiers Before Feelings
A rigor note on conceptual empathy, talking mirrors, and why a loud subset of AI mind discourse (operationally defined by Appendix A) is identity…
Feb 28 • Paul LaPosta
Operational Realities Consciousness Debates Ignore
Control->Duty->Liability->Governance
Feb 19 • Paul LaPosta
On Nature's AI Human Level Intelligence Article
What Works, What Doesn't, What Needs To Be Called Out
Feb 17 • Paul LaPosta
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