Why I Publish Everything Before It Is Ready

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Michael Darius Eastwood
Michael Darius Eastwood · Independent AI alignment researcher
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The academic instinct is to hide work until it is perfect. The verification culture does the opposite: publish early, timestamp everything, improve in public. Flaws are documented. Retractions are published. Progress is visible. This is how science should work.

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