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Turning meaning into operational intelligence.

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Map interpretation across systems

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Diagnose recurring failure patterns

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The Institute advances the first General Theory of how interpretation remains reliable in AI-accelerated environments.

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El Lissitzky, Proun 19D, 1922.
© Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Featured with AI as a Meaning System as governance under rotation: multiple frames coexist, and interpretation shifts as the system exceeds any single viewpoint.

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Artificial Intelligence as a Meaning System

Responding to the Crisis of Machine-Generated Meaning

November 2025

This paper explains why AI creates mistrust even when outputs look correct. It shows how machine mediation changes judgment and accountability, not just results. Read this if technical fixes don’t explain the confusion, hesitation, or conflict you’re seeing around AI.

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Hilma af Klint, The Swan (No. 17, Group IX/SU), 1915.
© The Hilma af Klint Foundation / Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

Featured with The Scientific Lineage of Meaning as converging inheritance: separate forms approach, mirror, and resolve into a shared coherence without losing distinction.

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The Scientific Lineage of Meaning

October 2025

This paper traces the discoveries that shaped how humans decide what counts as real, true, and credible. It shows why many fields explained parts of meaning, but left the full problem unsolved. Read this if you want to know why “meaning” is everywhere, yet still hard to explain.

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The 3E Standard™ applies Transformation Science to real institutions, where ambition meets accountability.
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