Independent Researcher · AI Governance · Ethics · Magnetics · Solar-Terrestrial Physics
I work across the governance of artificial/super intelligent systems and also physical sciences. My research spans the design of auditable agentic AI systems for high-stakes production-grade environments, formal frameworks for Fair-dealings Game Theory in large-scale governance, and solar magnetic forcing of Earth's deep interior.
Each project's own README is the source of truth; the badges below update themselves.
| Project | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-AI-Harness-Kent | Agentic AI safety harness for high-governance production environments. | 🚧 Work in progress |
| 2026-AI-Prompt-Privacy-Enhancement | Testable privacy harness that keeps identifiers and secrets in LLM prompts from leaving in the clear. | 🚧 Work in progress |
| 2026-AI-Value-Memory-Mining | Spec-driven (OpenSpec) personal knowledge system built on the Value Memory Mining methodology, published as a forkable Obsidian vault template. | 🚧 Work in progress |
| 2026-Ethics-Humanities-Society-Game-Theory-Governance | Fair-dealings Game Theory frameworks for large-scale governance, covering the ethics, humanities, and societal implications of algorithmic decision-making. | 🥷 Stealth mode · Paused due to workload |
| Project | What it is | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-Sun-Earth-Magnetic-Coupling | Cross-disciplinary energy framework for solar forcing of Earth's interior, written as a synthesis preprint with empirical tests on public data. | 🚧 Work in progress |
Agentic AI
- Auditable agent architectures
- Safety harnesses for production AI
- Human-in-the-loop governance frameworks
Governance & Ethics
- Fair-dealings Game Theory and mechanism design
- Ethics of algorithmic governance
- Humanities perspectives on sociotechnical systems
Physics & Geophysics
- Magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) and space plasma physics
- Solar-terrestrial coupling and space weather
- Geomagnetic field dynamics
- Geodynamo and core–mantle electromagnetic coupling
- GitHub: keith-nielsen
- ORCID: 0009-0003-7379-3347
This profile is a living document; repositories and research notes are added as work progresses.

