Henry Perkins

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A journal of AI governance

On the stewardship of artificial minds

Essays on oversight, alignment, and the long work of governing systems we do not yet fully understand.

  • Govern for the Return

    Govern for the Return

    Oversight is not a gate one passes once and forgets. It is a practice — and its first discipline is to design every grant of authority so that it can be taken back without…

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The framework of the council

The Three Rings of governance

Every essay returns to one of three duties — to expose, to govern, to attest.

Vilya

Ring of Air

Expose

Clarity Vision Insight

Expose capability so an agent can discover it — inspectable, not asserted.

Inspect the schema

Narya

Ring of Fire

Govern

Warmth Courage Renewal

Govern usage and access so the owner can audit it — read, not trusted.

Audit the log

Nenya

Ring of Water

Attest

Depth Wisdom Protection

Attest the output’s provenance so a stranger can verify it — signed, not claimed.

Verify the signatureIn review

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