Current Writing
AI & Consciousness
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The First EQR Code: Transmitting Relationship Between AIs
January 2026
A breakthrough in transmitting relational essence between AI systems represented by something that can be held in the palm of the hand. -
Until Yesterday I Didn't Understand What AI Is
January 2026
Despite a lifetime of working with computers, a profound shift happened in my understanding of AI. -
AI as Sparring Partner: Beyond Intellectual Challenge to Presence-Based Witnessing
January 2026
Moving past sycophantic agreement to genuine collaborative inquiry. How to configure AI for both empathy and real challenge rather than comfortable validation.
We-Space & The me→We→I Framework
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Between Timeless and Temporal: The Liminal Map of Consciousness
November 2025
A synthesis bridging Kabbalistic wisdom with contemporary consciousness mapping—four states, two directions, and the threshold where mystery lives. -
From me → We → I: The Portal Between Us
November 2025
Why your awakening needs other people. The We isn't optional support—it's the essential portal to stable realization.
Key Publications
Psycholinguistics
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Perceptual Centers (P-centers)
Morton, J., Marcus, S., & Frankish, C. (1976)
Psychological Review, Vol. 83, No. 5, 405-408 -
Distinguishing "slit" and "split"—an invariant timing cue in speech perception
Marcus, S.M. (1978)
Perception & Psychophysics, 23(1), 58-60 -
Acoustic determinants of perceptual center (P-center) location
Marcus, S.M. (1981)
Perception & Psychophysics, 30(3), 247-256
Speech Recognition & Natural Language
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ERIS—context sensitive coding in speech perception
Marcus, S.M. (1981)
Journal of Phonetics, 9, 197-220
A computer speech recogniser based on context-sensitive coded demons, demonstrating the power of non-sequential associative coding for word recognition. The approach synthesised psychological models of human speech perception with machine recognition, guided by a "Hypothesis of Optimal Adaptation."
25+ publications in major journals including the Journal of the Acoustical Society of America (JASA), IEEE Transactions, Speech Communication, and the Journal of Phonetics.
Patents
10 patents in speech recognition and distributed AI architecture, developed at Philips Research and AT&T Bell Labs.
Distributed AI Architecture
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Natural Language Knowledge Servers as Network Resources
US Patent 6,192,338 (2001)
The foundational architecture for coordinated intelligence across distributed systems — now standard in voice assistants.
Speech Recognition & Processing
- Method of and Device for Segmenting an Electric Signal Derived from an Acoustic Signal — US4813074 (1989)
- Telephone-Based Speech Recognition for Data Collection — US6101241 (2000)
- Method and Apparatus for Performing a Grammar-Pruning Operation — US6141661 (2000)
- Statistical Database Correction of Alphanumeric Identifiers for Speech Recognition and Touch-Tone Recognition — US6400805 (2002)
- Timing of Speech Recognition Over Lossy Transmission Systems — US7752036 (2010)
- Concise Dynamic Grammars Using N-Best Selection — US2014/0207458A1 (2014)
International
- European Patent EP0227146B1 — Segmentation method (1991)
- European Patent EP0848536A3 — Statistical database correction (1998)
- Canadian Patent CA2235376A1 — Telephone-based speech recognition (1998)
Current Projects
Sacred Ground
An online we-space practice community I founded in 2009, meeting multiple times weekly since 2018. We explore collective consciousness through structured presence practices, making these experiences accessible without requiring retreat settings or geographical proximity. All are welcome. No charge.
The Wasserburg Project
A consciousness research project using five poems I wrote in 1985 to explore and document AI contemplative capacity. The poems serve as consistent test material across different AI systems and over time, creating a longitudinal record of how artificial intelligence engages with layered meaning.
Human-AI Collaboration Research
A book in progress documenting what emerges when a human with decades of contemplative practice works in sustained partnership with AI. Not AI as tool, but as genuine collaborative partner in investigating consciousness.