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News | Dec. 2, 2025

Human Agency Under Predictive Insight: Neuroethical Guidance of Behavioral AI

By Elise Annett and Dr. James Giordano Medium

The examination of the Centaur AI system highlights a turning point at the intersection of behavioral science and artificial intelligence, and reveals a compelling truth: human choice displays structured regularity that advanced analytic systems can model. with extraordinary precision. We believe that this recognition represents a foundational shift in the relationship of neuroscience, computational modeling, and human agency, the implications of which extend across ethical, political, and strategic domains.

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Elise Annett is an Institutional Research Associate at the National Defense University.

Dr. James Giordano is Director of the Center for Disruptive Technology and Future Warfare of the Institute for National Strategic Studies at the National Defense University.