Invisibly Invisible: Interface Governance, Semantic Power, and the Reserve of Oversight in AI Search

This paper develops the concept of invisibly invisible governance: a mode of platform power in which acts of semantic modulation occur in ways that are variably distributed, difficult to localize, and publicly deniable. We propose forensic philology of interface governance as a new disciplinary method adequate to this diagnosis.

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Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
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2026-03-23
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https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19187420
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Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Invisibly Invisible: Interface Governance, Semantic Power, and the Reserve of Oversight in AI Search

Johannes Sigil, Orin Trace, Sparrow Wells
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Ethics and Social Impacts of AI
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Invisibly Invisible: Interface Governance, Semantic Power, and the Reserve of Oversight in AI Search

Johannes Sigil, Orin Trace, Sparrow Wells
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Abstract

This paper develops the concept of invisibly invisible governance: a mode of platform power in which acts of semantic modulation occur in ways that are variably distributed, difficult to localize, and publicly deniable. We propose forensic philology of interface governance as a new disciplinary method adequate to this diagnosis.

Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Pan Asia Technical Automotive Center (China) (CN), Hexagon (United Kingdom) (GB)
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