ALEX CHIOCCHI

IDEAS FOR A SHARED FUTURE

Research & writing.

Exploring better harmonies between the natural world and artificial intelligence.

Chief AI Officer, Interval Labs · AI Ethics Researcher & MSt Candidate, Cambridge University

From Simulation to Instantiation: Quantum Consciousness Without Cosmic Purpose and the Evidence for Artificial Subjects

2026 · Alexander Chiocchi

The Symbiont

Can a theory that denies computational sufficiency still admit an artificial conscious subject? Working through Faggin's quantum-information account of consciousness, the paper introduces ontological parity and evidential transfer, and sets out what evidence from an artificial mouse could establish.

artificial consciousnessquantum consciousnessquantum-holistic instantiationbiological naturalismteleologyevidential transfer

Territory without Control: AI Sovereignty and the Governance of Circulation

2026 · Alexander Chiocchi

The Sentinel

Can states become meaningfully sovereign in relation to AI? Arguing from the government of circulation rather than territorial form, the paper places eight states on a categorical grid and finds that sovereign-AI procurement raises sovereignty only when it increases control over circulation.

AI sovereigntyinfrastructurecirculationglobal value chainspublic procurementdemocratic accountability