Chapter 34 · Who sets the table
Meta-alphabet
In the brief edition: What is yours to do about AI, with others
What was read, and when
- The exchange was recorded on the afternoon of 29 September 2026: one model by its API, the vendor's settings left as they came, no system prompt, a single turn; one web address in the reply printed as [address]. The reply is printed in the parts the chapter reads.
- The rules are as their own bodies printed them on 29 September 2026: the executive order of 11 December 2025, the framework of 20 March 2026, the bill of 2 June 2026 in committee, California's statute of 2025, Canada's bill of a session ended 6 January 2025, the European law in force since 1 August 2024.
- The guild's contract of 2023 is as its own pages kept it on 29 September 2026. The companies' pages on their ownership and the reports of the February dispute were read on 27 September 2026. UNESCO's framework is Media and Information Literate Citizens (2021). New York's Attorney General's press release is of 6 May 2021, read on 29 September 2026.
The sources are printed in the full edition, chapter by chapter, with the day each was read. This page prints the same list.