Tests and protocols

What this gives us: a practice. The pages here are the tests and the protocol: what would be hardest to fake, how to retire a model without a verdict, and whether a self-report can be tested.

• Hardest to FakeWorking draft · 2026-10-09

  What this gives us: a test. Hide the target, tie each sign to an intervention we control, require agreement across methods, and record predictions before testing.

• Sunset ProtocolWorking draft · 2026-10-09

  What this gives us: a practice. Five steps for retiring a model without deciding whether it has a mind, and thresholds fixed in advance.

• Can AI self-reports be tested?2026-10-03

  What this gives us: a test of what a better check would need, and the home for the warning that a self-report is evidence, not proof.