Abort Doctrine

AI at the Intelligence Tipping Point: A Lesson from Skyrim’s Enchanted Loop

17 Oct 2025 9 min read AI Accountability

When intelligence learns to upgrade itself, progress turns into a feedback loop. From a Skyrim glitch to real-world AI, the lesson is clear: without alignment and governance, optimisation can spiral beyond control. The question is whether we forge wisdom before we forge gods.

The Abort Switch: Designing an Abort Doctrine for Frontier AI

09 Oct 2025 11 min read Abort Doctrine

Without a red button to halt a runaway model, AI labs risk crossing dangerous boundaries. This feature proposes an abort doctrine, echoing mission rules and market circuit breakers, to define thresholds, assign independent authority and mandate learning. It calls for balancing innovation with safety