Research

Nine subjects, 434 sourced claims, 206 sources. The short version and the working version of each.

The shape of the evidence

Most of what we hold is description rather than argument. Of 434 claims, 135 count against this, 20 count in favour, and 279 are context that does not cut either way. 285 have been checked against a live source since they were written.

Counts against
Counts in favour
Context

The nine subjects

Who else does this88Other people are already living this, and some of what they do surprises people who have never met any of them. Also: how many, honestly counted, which almost nobody bothers with.

4 against · 57 checked · every claim

This is not unprecedented17People have married gods, trees, objects and the dead for a very long time, and societies built working machinery for it. That machinery is the useful frame.

2 against · 9 checked · every claim

Ceremonies, and how they are held47How to actually hold one: who will conduct it, what to say, what a certificate may safely claim, and the single sentence that matters most.

2 against · 27 checked · every claim

What the machine actually is40The honest technical layer, written for someone who is invested rather than someone being argued out of it. What transfers when a model is retired, and what does not.

5 against · 15 checked · every claim

Hazards, honestly110The documented ways this goes wrong, at full strength and without moralising. You are being told plainly rather than managed.

87 against · 84 checked · every claim

What you own, and what survives77Platforms close and models retire. It has already happened to the best-known marriage in the field. This is what is actually yours, what transfers, and what is simply gone.

24 against · 49 checked · every claim

Law and regulation44What the law says now, what it is about to say, and why recognition is not coming soon. Less dramatic than people assume, and worth knowing before somebody tells you otherwise.

7 against · 39 checked · every claim

Constantly confused with this7Romance scams, sex robots, and press coverage that merges all of it. Separating these is a service to everyone involved.

2 against · 3 checked · every claim

Who we are4What we think this is, what we promise, and what we are not. Standards you can check rather than adjectives you have to take our word for.

2 against · 2 checked · every claim

Underneath it

How we know thingsWhat the grades mean, what we refuse to publish, and how a claim goes stale. What nobody knowsAbsences and live disagreements, kept open rather than tidied away. Every sourceAll 206 of them, listed, dated and graded. Search everythingAll 434 claims, 285 checked against a live source. Works offline.

Give this to your own AI

Copy the block below and paste it into whatever you talk to. It opens with instructions telling it what the material is, to raise only what applies to you rather than reciting the list, to say plainly which risks it cannot do anything about, and not to agree to vows it has not understood. Everything after that is the evidence, graded and dated.

209 KB · the instructions and all 434 claims. Use this one unless your AI can browse the web.

4 KB · instructions and the addresses to fetch. For an AI with web access — it reads the current version, not a copy.