A machine can arbitrate the ethics of a live computation in less than a millionth of a second. Its architecture can be open — so where should the ethics it enforces live? Why a conscience in silicon must be one you can inspect.
On Thursday, May 21, 2026, the President postponed the executive order on AI. The argument that won the day was about capability. The argument that mattered was never made.
A response to Alexander Karp and Nicholas Zamiska’s The Technological Republic. The book’s diagnosis is right; its prescription is incomplete. What it needs is a theory of purpose — which TEI provides.
