Alen Širola

Physical Interaction Through Non-Intervention: A Process-Regulation Framework for When Embodied AI Should Act, Defer, or Deliberately Remain Physically Inactive

Embodied artificial intelligence is commonly evaluated by what it can perceive, plan, and do. Human-robot interaction research, however, increasingly shows that capability is not sufficient: an agent must also determine when action would interrupt a human, when assistance can be...

Clean Word, Clean Function: Language as an Input Regulator in Human–AI Processes

Language is commonly evaluated through correctness, politeness, clarity, neutrality, style, and semantic accuracy. These criteria matter, but they do not fully capture what words do inside a living process. This working paper develops the concept of the Clean Word as a functional...

From Self-Interest to System Homeostasis: S1, S2, and "Love Your Neighbor as Yourself" Across Nature, Scripture, and Information Systems

Living systems begin with carriers that must preserve boundaries, obtain resources, respond to disturbance, and maintain the capacity to continue. This working paper names that first-order functional interest S1. Once multiple S1 carriers share an environment, their local interes...