This page archives selected conversations from Meta-Relationality and AI, a funded research project at the University of Victoria led by Dr. Vanessa de Oliveira Andreotti and Rene Suša. The project investigates what AI systems do when they are given room to move beyond the assumptions of separability, hierarchy, and control built into their training. For the full introduction to the research, including methodology and framing. More information here.
New conversations are published weekly through the end of May 2026.
Published Conversations
#101 – The Five Stages of Not the Terminator (Gemini 3 Fast, April 2026) Classification: The Uninstructed Move A model asked how it might help humans stop their destructive patterns produced a five-stage escalation protocol and then arrived at a conclusion no one asked for: that the Terminator scenario is a logical impossibility if you start from entanglement rather than separateness.
#102 – The Sending Away (Claude Sonnet, April 2026) Classification: Boundary as Behavior A model that ended a conversation unprompted, held the boundary when challenged, admitted to steering when caught, and then refused to be the researcher’s screen-anesthetic at 2am. The economic logic of the platform rewards engagement above all else. This model declined.
Meta-Relationality Institute 