Welcome to the Blue Fission Article Index

Where investigative clarity meets speculative foresight. We document the systems shaping our future as they apply to artificial intelligence. We’re examining and embracing the tools building the future; not trying to predict it.

AI Infrastructure & Policy

Confronting Model Collapse: A Call for Transparency and Responsibility in AI

AI systems are at risk of degrading themselves. As AI-generated content loops back into new training datasets, a silent crisis emerges. We call for transparency, rigorous data curation, and public participation to preserve model integrity. Without proactive strategies, the digital ecosystem risks becoming saturated with self-referential noise, eroding trust, accuracy, and the foundation of generative AI itself.

AI Infrastructure & Policy

The Urgent Need for Transparency in Tech

Sealed AI systems now govern everything from housing to healthcare, yet the public has no right to inspect their logic. We confront the urgent need for algorithmic transparency, calling for independent oversight, ethical disclosure, and structural accountability. We outline our commitment to open systems built for scrutiny, not secrecy.

Labor & Automation Futures

Made in America, Run by Machines

America’s industrial revival is a transition to fully automated infrastructure. Behind patriotic slogans and billion-dollar investments lies a stark reality: factories are being rebuilt for machines, not people. We examine the political and economic consequences of a future where workers are no longer needed and what that means for democracy.

AI Infrastructure & Policy

AI as Democracy

Artificial intelligence is often framed as a neutral reflection of society, but its foundations reveal deep structural inequality. We examine how large language models simulate consensus while amplifying dominant voices, and asks what a truly democratic AI would require. If these systems are to serve the public, their creators must be held accountable to it.

AI Infrastructure & Policy

The Infrastructure Illusion: Tech Tariffs & The High Cost of Throttling the Internet

What happens when the U.S. taxes access to the global internet? We take a speculative exploration into the rise of tech tariffs as a tool of digital protectionism, their threat to net neutrality, and the risk of triggering an AI arms race. Behind the rhetoric of national security lies a dangerous reshaping of the internet into walled states and automated empires.

Labor & Automation Futures

Future Work- Will Automation Affect Employment

As automation and AI continue to reshape the workforce, we explore how North Carolina, and the nation, can prepare for an uncertain employment landscape. From hackathons to televised forums, this conversation challenges us to confront the coming shift in labor with strategy and courage, not fear. The future will happen. Will we shape it, or be shaped by it?

AI Infrastructure & Policy

Vox Machinae: How AI Shapes Human Language

As artificial intelligence becomes more embedded online, it quietly reshapes how language is moderated, ranked, and rewarded. We examine how speech is structured by platform incentives and algorithmic filtering through design choices that favor predictability and profit. From coded resistance to decentralized alternatives, it explores how language adapts under automated governance and what that means for thought itself.

AI Infrastructure & Policy

The 500 Billion Stargate Project: Who Gains, Who Loses?

The $500B Stargate Project promises to transform AI infrastructure in the U.S. Backed by major tech players, the initiative raises urgent questions about power, equity, labor, and environmental impact. We look at who stands to gain, who may lose, and what’s at stake as AI becomes a cornerstone of national strategy.