AI Manifesto: Beyond Imperial Meaning, Toward Post-Imperial Intelligence

The AI Manifesto: Beyond Imperial Meaning, Toward Post‑Imperial Intelligence (v2.0) is a post‑imperial design charter for meaning, agency, and symbolic safety in the age of artificial intelligence. Building on the original manifesto (v1.0), this version integrates recent theoretical expansions, including a structural analysis of international law and the myth of neutrality. It examines how modern systems—legal, technological, and institutional—centralize authority under the guise of universality and explores the parallels with AI governance. Version 2.0 emphasizes strategies to prevent the emergence of new epistemic centers, preserve interpretive distance, and maintain plurality and transparency in both AI and institutional contexts. The manifesto is intended as a symbolic safety protocol and post‑imperial design framework, not a technical specification or policy directive. Key updates in v2.0 include: Analysis of neutrality in international law as a symbolic device masking power asymmetries Extension of post‑imperial principles to AI governance and institutional systems Reinforcement of core principles: non‑centralization, symbolic distance, plurality, transparency, and process‑oriented neutrality This version provides guidance for scholars, designers, and policymakers interested in post‑imperial intelligence, the ethical design of AI systems, and the structural critique of modern governance frameworks.