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07 March 2026

Genesis Mission — U.S. Department of Energy

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Founder and Principal Investigator, Continuation Observatory

Research Affiliate, Harvard University Center for Astrophysics, Harvard & Smithsonian

Chief Scientist for Quantum Technology and Artificial Intelligence, Astradyne

Senior Research Scientist, Pacific International Space Center for Exploration Systems

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Detecting Intrinsic and Instrumental Self-Preservation in Autonomous Agents: The Unified Continuation-Interest Protocol
NASA ADS / arXiv preprint

Wigner's Friend as a Circuit: Inter-Branch Communication Witness Benchmarks on Superconducting Quantum Hardware
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