Welcome to my AI Lab Notebook

This is where I study AI not as a product, but as a system shaping human life.

Over time, three themes have defined my work:

1. AI Governance as Architecture: I build frameworks like the AI OSI Stack, persona architecture, and semantic version control because AI needs scaffolding, not slogans.

2. The Human Meaning Crisis in Machine Time: I explore how AI destabilizes identity, trust, and authenticity as machine speed outpaces human comprehension.

3. Power, Distribution, and Responsibility: I examine who benefits from AI, who is displaced, and how governance, economics, and control shape outcomes.

These pillars guide everything I write here. AI’s future won’t be determined by capability alone, it will be determined by the structures, meanings, and power dynamics we build around it.

Thanks for reading.

Dan 8/6/25 Dan 8/6/25

Silence Speaks: What Job Applications Reveal About Company Culture

I once applied for a role and heard nothing. No confirmation, no rejection, only silence. Out of curiosity, I filed a privacy request under the California Consumer Privacy Act. Within 48 hours, the company responded. The experience was striking. My data rights were honored faster than my humanity. Silence in hiring speaks volumes about culture. It reveals where respect is allocated and where it is withheld. In the long run, this silence is not neutral. It is a signal about how organizations treat people before they even walk in the door.