ai-for-less-suffering
Public thinking on AI deployment toward suffering reduction. A typed reasoning tool that separates descriptive convergence from normative divergence, and finds coalition bridges that do not require conceding the divergence.
Node types
- ποΈ Camp --- Coherent cluster of held claims.
- β Descriptive claim --- What is.
- π Normative claim --- What should be.
- π° Source --- A citable primary document.
- π Evidence --- A source's stance on a claim --- support, contradict, or qualify.
- βοΈ Intervention --- A proposed action.
- π₯ Friction layer --- What slows deployment.
- π Harm layer --- A welfare harm to weigh.
- π Suffering layer --- A category of first-person suffering the intervention relieves.
Worked example
What the site does, shown against a real claim currently in the graph. The same descriptive statement carries evidence that supports, contradicts, and qualifies it --- so the disagreement is visible as evidence, not as vibes. Click any source or claim to traverse.
Contested claims
DoD obligated AI-related contract spending rose substantially 2022-2025, driven by JWCC, Project Maven, and CDAO-managed pilots; precise totals are hampered by inconsistent AI tagging on contract line items.
- Artificial Intelligence and National Security (CRS Report R45178) modeled_projectionweight0.80
locator: AI funding appendix; DoD budget rollups
- USASpending.gov federal contract awards direct_measurementweight0.85
locator: DoD AI-tagged obligations 2022-2025
- The Intercept coverage of Palantir contracts and DoD AI programs journalistic_reportweight0.55
locator: Investigative pieces on DoD AI pilot failures and miscategorization
- Artificial Intelligence: DoD Needs Department-Wide Guidance to Inform Acquisitions (GAO-22-105834 and follow-ups) direct_measurementweight0.75
locator: Summary findings on acquisition-pace gaps
The graph
- π₯οΈ Analyses 5
Palantir coalition, leverage rank, steelman of a target.
- ποΈ Camps 15
Coherent clusters of held claims and divergent anchors.
- πͺ§ Claims 50
30 descriptive Β· 20 normative.
- βοΈ Interventions 7
Proposed actions scored against friction and harm layers.
- π° Sources 46
Citable primary docs, datasets, filings, and press.
- π§± Layers 16
5 friction Β· 6 harm Β· 5 suffering.