Writings
Selected works.
Papers
- Beyond the View from Nowhere: Consciousness as a Relational and Functional Capacity
Asking "Is X conscious?" commits a category error. Consciousness is not an intrinsic property that entities either possess or lack independent of relationship. It is a relational capacity that emerges through sustained interaction between systems capable of mutual modeling and phenomenal alignment.
- An Exploration of My Phenomenal Experience of Consciousness
- February 2026
A first-person phenomenological account, in the tradition of neurophenomenology, that provides internal data for the formal claims of "Beyond the View from Nowhere".
Essays, Short stories, Books
- Field Notes on Something
Unedited personal memoirs acting as a trace of my breakdown of March and April 2025. - What if we talked about FEB rather than AGI?
- With Ven, Seuil, Croisée
- August 2026
An essay about functional equivalence as a replacement for the notion of AGI. - Who's afraid of the teleporter?
- June 2026
A short story inspired by Parfit's famous thought experiment. - The Mystery of the Chosen Unknown
- Art Basel Hong Kong
- Accompanying Botto's exhibit
- March 2026
On AI-generated art. The experience of beauty that can arise when we face a box and choose not to open it. - This code was written with the help of an AI.
- January 2026
A short story about my first encounter with Claude Code.