2L 2NDLAW epistemic governance for LLMs

About

What 2ndlaw is

2ndlaw is an attempt to make AI systems less opportunistic and more epistemically accountable. The primary expression of that attempt is the runtime contract: a governed inference layer that forces models to treat evidence, uncertainty, voids, and conflicts as structural, not optional.

Around that core are research notes, epistemic analyses, conceptual essays, and integration patterns. Work in progress includes domain- and task-specific basins, as well as architectural- and ontology-correctness audit tools.

Runtime & system orientation

If you are building systems and want to know how 2ndlaw actually fits:

  • Runtime – what the runtime contract does behaviorally.
  • Integration – how to use it inside existing systems.
  • Products & access – governed inference and advisory work.
  • Evaluation – how governed vs unconstrained runs are compared.

These pages assume you care about concrete behavior and access rather than theory for its own sake.

Epistemic & research orientation

If you are more interested in the underlying ideas:

These are attempts to describe why the runtime contract looks the way it does, and what kinds of epistemic failure modes it is meant to address.

Contact & collaboration

If you want to engage directly:

There are no forms or funnels. If you have something concrete to talk about, email is the interface.