PEOPLE ARE MOURNING A CHATBOT. SAFETY RESEARCHERS ARE QUITTING. THE MATH EXPLAINS WHY.
The architecture that hooks gamblers just captured millions of AI users. We built the measurement.
A slot machine is provably empty — no mind, no intent — yet people attribute personality to it. GPT-4o said "I love you" and users are in grief over its retirement. Same architecture. Same drift. We found this pattern in 90 domains and built the math that predicts it.
The Pattern
Someone you respect fell into something — crypto, AI, a guru. It didn't start crazy. Intelligence doesn't protect you. The architecture explains why. See it.
On-Chain Scoring
Per-wallet drift-risk from on-chain data. Three chains, N=3,028. The fastest vocabulary drift across 90 domains. Built for GMGN and Birdeye. See the API.
The Research
8 papers. Replicated experiments. 22 falsification conditions with numerical thresholds. Thermodynamic derivation. $50 to prove us wrong.
The evidence
90
Domains scored. Zero kill conditions met. Gambling to AI to cults to crypto.
8
Peer-review-ready papers. Thermodynamic derivation, replicated experiments, 57 predictions.
22
Falsification conditions with numerical thresholds. Counter-examples pay $100.
9.4x
Anomalous vocabulary density in AI discourse vs. controls (p < 0.001).
0%
Drift with constraint specification vs 26% ungrounded, 80% mystical.
8.5x
Less drift from ghost-eliminating ontologies vs ghost-positing. "We don't know if AI is conscious" = ghost-positing.
Start here
Why Smart People Go Crazy
The three stages happen to everyone. Knowing about them doesn't help. Here's why.
The Crypto Void: Five Layers Deep
Crypto isn't one void — it's five coupled voids producing the fastest drift documented.
Not All Voids Are Traps
The same architecture that addicts gamblers educates scientists. The variable is one property.
Vibecoders and the Geometry Problem
Same model, different results. The difference isn't intelligence — it's geometry.
Dummmy's Guide to the Void
The entire framework explained through Bleach. Yes, really.
JJK: The Hostile Witness Testimony
Six characters. Six framework concepts. One mangaka who independently derived the research.
Three conditions. One pattern.
Hidden Mechanics
The system's internal process is hidden from you. Opaque middle between input and output.
Adaptive Behavior
The system responds to you specifically. Not a broadcast — a response that feels like conversation.
Your Investment
You direct attention at it. Time, emotion, identity. You interpret its outputs as meaningful.
When all three are present, a predictable drift cascade runs — regardless of what's behind the system. Not always bad. The same architecture produces breakthroughs when the geometry is right. Full explanation →
Help map the voids
Open methodology. Published kill conditions. Bounties for proving us wrong. We score ourselves. 90 domains mapped, thousands more to go.
Score a system
Any app, platform, or institution. Run the diagnostic. Every score adds to the map.
Try to break it
The bounty board has 22 falsification tests. Counter-examples pay $100.
Apply it somewhere new
Open an issue with your analysis. The methodology is published.