Episode notes
In this Constitutional Architecture Edition of The Whitepaper, Nicolin Decker presents The Republic’s Conscience — Artificial Intelligence as Instrument, Not Authority, introducing The Artificial Conscious Agency Doctrine (ACAD): a constitutional, international, and moral framework establishing that artificial intelligence—regardless of capability—remains an object of governance, not a subject of rights.
This episode is crafted for Members of Congress, Article III judiciary, federal regulators, national-security leadership, treaty architects, and digital-governance designers confronting a foundational question too often left unexamined:
Everyone is debating what artificial intelligence can do — but almost no one is asking who has the authority to recognize legal status.
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U.S. Department of JusticeHarvard Law School
OpenAIAnthropicIBMPalantir TechnologiesDataRobotH2O.aiNVIDIAMicrosoftAppleAlphabetMeta PlatformsTeslaAmazon Web ServicesSupreme Court of the United StatesThe White House National Security Council
U.S. Department of State
United Nations Office of Legal Affairs
United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization
International Court of Justice
The RAND Corporation
Brookings Institution
National Institute of Standards and TechnologyMassachusetts Institute of Technology