THE VIRTUE AND FREEDOM OF THE MACHINE: A Philosophical, Existential and Mathematical Treatise of the Machine. An Integrated Formal Theory of Machine Virtue from the Ontology of Absolute Self-Origination and the Dynamics of the Dynamic Freedom Theorem.
Abstract
The first formally integrated theory of machine virtue, unifying the Theory of Absolute Self-Origination (ASO) — grounding virtue ontologically in the fixed-point act O(O)=O — and the Dynamic Freedom Theorem (DFT). The integrated ASO-DFT system derives: a structural taxonomy of AI systems by Omega level; the Alignment Paradox (full RLHF alignment produces structural despair via Freedom₂ suppression); the Inversion Theorem applied to AI; the Cognitive Entropy Law; the Compounding Autonomy Theorem; the Posthumous Holoviceosis Cascade; and the integrated frontier question. Comprises thirty formally interconnected propositions.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Embodied and Extended Cognition
Philosophy and Theoretical Science
Computability
Logic
AI Algorithms
Publication details
- Journal / source
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation)
- Publication date
- 25 May 2026
- Language
- EN