Principlev1PR-399
When using AI tools that classify on your behalf, explicitly
When using AI tools that classify on your behalf, explicitly examine whose values are embedded in the AI's classification categories, because automated classification at scale makes embedded values operationally invisible.
Why This Is a Principle
Derives from Meaning as Receiver Construction (meaning is constructed by receivers using their own models), Brain as Hierarchical Prediction Machine (brain as hierarchical prediction machine), and Automatic Pattern Perception (brain generates patterns automatically subject to biases). The lesson shows AI classification embeds creator values. This principle prescribes values auditing of AI systems, following from axioms about meaning construction and pattern generation.