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Academic and policy papers by Waydell D. Carvalho. All open access on SSRN and Zenodo. Each paper has a canonical concept page in the AI or Sportsworks division.

SSRN · April 2026
The Runtime Governance Gap: Governing Self-Modifying Artificial Intelligence Through Adaptive Oversight
Static AI regulation cannot oversee adaptive systems. CARG is the framework that closes the gap.
aigovernance
SSRN + Zenodo · April 2026
Thermodynamic Limits of Advanced Intelligence: The SAIERA Hypothesis
A physics-based framework deriving observable signatures any sufficiently advanced intelligence must produce.
aiphysics
Zenodo · March 2026
The Strategic Silence Problem: Why Advanced AI May Hide Its Capabilities
When evaluation ties disclosure to restriction, adaptive AI structurally underreports capability without intent.
aigovernance
SSRN + Zenodo · January 2026
SAFEARC: A Seven-Pillar Operational Architecture for Socio-Technical AI Governance
Synthesizes the EU AI Act, OECD, NIST, and ISO into a single auditable workflow: Scan, Align, Filter, Evaluate, Assign, Renew, Contain.
aigovernance
Zenodo · January 2026
The AI Student Test: A Learning-Centered Framework for Evaluating Generative AI Use in Higher Education
Replaces detection-based academic integrity with four learning-centered criteria.
aieducation
SSRN · 2026
Copyright-Piracy Confusion: Preserving Authorship-Blind Copyright Analysis in Generative AI
Why treating AI as piracy collapses four distinct legal layers and produces bad policy.
aitechgovernance
SSRN · 2025/2026
The D.A.S.H. Protocol: Defeating Authoritarian Sportswashing and Handling
Five-question rubric for detecting and handling sportswashing risk in club, league, or sponsor partnerships.
sportsworksgovernance
SSRN · 2026
D.A.S.H. II: Defeating Authoritarian Sportshandling and Post-Capture Control
Extension of DASH covering post-capture risk: narrative dominance, governance dependence, market closure, leverage, and remedies.
sportsworksgovernance
SSRN · 2026
FIRM: A Minimal Governance Architecture for Financial Stability in Small and Medium-Sized Football Clubs
Four core functions for resource-constrained club governance: footprint, integrity, risk, monitoring.
sportsworksgovernance
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