The Business That Died and the Research That Survived
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Michael Darius Eastwood · Independent AI alignment researcher
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When my business was destroyed, I lost 15 years of work. Trading collapsed to almost nothing. But the thesis I had written on 8 December 2024 could not be taken. Cryptographic timestamps survive the loss of a business. This is why evidence anchoring matters.
Evidence Anchors: 8 Dec 2024 manuscript (SHA-256: f0d1f38f) · Infinite Architects (ISBN 978-1806056200) · OSF DOI 10.17605/OSF.IO/6C5XB · All claims traceable to canonical numbers block
The verification culture is the product. Every claim carries dated evidence. Every prediction has a kill condition. Independent verification is invited. Verify any claim