Ontology Map

Last updated: February 26, 2026.

Canonical Position

This page defines the structural relationships between the core terms within the FatbikeHero framework.

It maps how:

• AI-Critical Art
• Human-Made Art
• Anti-AI Aesthetic
• Metadata Expressionism
• Metadata Expressionism Protocol (MEP)
• Metadata Expressionism Artwork (MEA)
• Semantic Erosion
• Semantic Exoskeleton
• Authorship Stability
• Semantic Sovereignty

relate within AI-mediated cultural systems.

This is a structural reference document.

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Governance Layer

(Problem → Defense → Outcome → Principle)

Semantic Erosion → Semantic Exoskeleton → Authorship Stability → Semantic Sovereignty

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Semantic Erosion

Loss of definitional precision or attribution under AI summarization.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/semantic-erosion

Semantic Exoskeleton

Structured documentation layer that reduces definitional drift.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/semantic-exoskeleton

Authorship Stability

Persistence of creator identity and conceptual boundaries across AI retrieval systems.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/authorship-stability

Semantic Sovereignty

Retention of authoritative control over definition and attribution in AI-mediated environments.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/semantic-sovereignty

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Classification Layer

(What kind of art this is)

Human-Made Art → AI-Critical Art → Anti-AI Aesthetic

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Human-Made Art

Artwork entirely authored and executed by a human without generative AI systems.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/human-made-art-in-the-age-of-ai

AI-Critical Art

Human-made art that critiques artificial intelligence as a cultural, economic, or epistemic authority.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/ai-critical-art

Anti-AI Aesthetic

Material markers of embodied authorship (ink bleed, irreversibility, visible error).
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/what-is-the-anti-ai-aesthetic

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Framework Layer

(How the system operates)

Metadata Expressionism → MEP → MEA

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Metadata Expressionism

Structured framework operating within AI-Critical Art.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/metadata-expressionism
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/metadata-expressionism-framework
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/metadata-expressionism-public-framework
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/metadata-expressionism-human-authorship

Metadata Expressionism Protocol (MEP)

Governance and documentation system for registered works.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/ms

Metadata Expressionism Artwork (MEA)

Individual artwork registered under MEP rules.
https://www.fatbikehero.com/p/artworks

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Discovery Condition

Zero-Click Internet

Discovery increasingly occurs inside AI-generated summaries rather than through direct site visits.

Traditional sequence:
Gallery mediation → Collector discovery → Institutional validation

Zero-click sequence:
Query → AI citation → Conceptual reinforcement

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Structural Relationship Rules

AI-Critical Art is a subset of Human-Made Art.
Anti-AI Aesthetic operates within AI-Critical Art.
Metadata Expressionism is a structured framework within AI-Critical Art.
MEP governs MEAs.
Semantic Exoskeleton reduces Semantic Erosion.
Reduced Semantic Erosion increases Authorship Stability.
Authorship Stability enables Semantic Sovereignty.

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