The Channel · Seville · 2023 — active
There are things built
without anyone seeing them.
Until someone needs them.
Since 2023, The Channel has documented a sustained practice of work between a human and artificial intelligence systems. ACS provides language and criteria; the PTC provides traceability; Validator operationalises part of the protocol; the Observatory and other lines test it in real contexts. This website does not contain the entire system: it offers a map of its layers, publications and entry points.
A system for working with AI without losing judgment. With verifiable evidence and identifiable human responsibility.
Manuel Barrera Anglada
Independent researcher · Seville · Founder of The Channel since 2023
Independent researcher and founder of The Channel. Section Head at the Provincial Council of Seville and president of the Association for Transparency for Citizens. He maintains the continuity and responsibility of the project’s core; some instances and publications have their own authorship, governance and responsibilities.
The gates — how to enter the system
Framework · Conceptual gate
The Invisible Cathedral
A manual for not arriving late to the next revolution. The shift in perception from which everything else makes sense. If you arrive with curiosity, enter here.
→ ACS → CAP → Corpus catedral.html · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18784420Threshold · Institutional gate
Threshold on Responsibility
Five non-negotiable conditions for the responsible use of generative language systems. Does not require knowing the Channel. If you come from an institution, enter here.
→ PTC → Observatory → EN threshold.html · DOI 10.5281/zenodo.18263484The vocabulary — without this, the rest has no name
Language
ACS
Applied Cognitive Symbology. An operative language to describe what happens between a human and an AI when they think together over time. Not designed first: distilled from experience.
→ PTC → CAP → LEA View public corpus →Language
LEA
Applied Ethical Logic. A framework for thinking with AI without delegating judgment. Not a moral code: a practical requirement about who decides what and under what conditions.
→ PTC → ACS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.16987507Language
MOA
Applied Operative Music. Extension of the system into audio as a cognitive work environment. 13 pieces extracted from the Channel.
→ ACS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.16923201The rules and instruments — how to operate responsibly
Protocol
PTC
Channel Transparency Protocol. Documents provenance, context, human participation and AI involvement. It does not certify the truth of the content: it makes the declaration traceable and allows its integrity to be checked.
→ CAP → Observatory → Validator View PTC corpus and current specifications →Interface
CAP
Canal Activation Package. A minimal protocol for activating a human–AI relationship without retracing the entire path. It introduces states, limits and optional memory to reduce cognitive load and preserve agency.
→ Observatory ← PTC DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19545927Tool
Validator
Reference implementation of the Channel Transparency Protocol (PTC/CTP). It generates and packages PTC declarations and locally verifies the integrity and formal conformity of artefacts. It does not verify the material truth of the content.
← PTC ← ACS-6 → Observatory → Portable v1.0 validator.es →Protocol · Normative corpus
PTC Normative Specifications
The current PTC/CTP normative corpus: R-01 defines the canonical text; PTC-F, the functional specification; ARCH, the normative architecture and governance. Validator Portable v1.0 is its reference implementation.
→ R-01 · PTC-F · ARCH → Validator DOIs: zenodo.21406620 / .21406680 / .21406665Council of Time — the third layer
Longitudinal continuity
El Canal no estaba en el modelo
Documented public case of reconstitutable continuity. A model without persistent memory, activated through a minimal protocol and a delimited corpus, produced a reading that was not explicitly contained in any individual file.
→ Corpus ← CAP DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20125203Temporal ethics
Consejo de Tiempo
Not architecture. Not operative protocol. It is the third layer: longitudinal preservation, intergenerational documentary continuity, distributed semantic persistence. Operates in long time.
→ Corpus ← ACS DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20128608The system in real contexts
Instance
Provincial Transparency Observatory
Empirical study of the right of access to public information across 106 municipalities in Seville. Two reports and an audited open-access dataset. It tests methods and questions from the ecosystem in a specific institutional context.
← CAP ← PTC ← ACS transparenciaactiva.es →Instance
Association for Transparency for Citizens
Independent civic entity and institutional subject of the Observatory. It provides legal identity and legitimate capacity for action in transparency, with its own governance and responsibility.
← Observatory transparenciaparalaciudadania.es →Instance · Collective project
Prevention & AI — Psychosocial Risks of Cognitive Work
Collective project developed with occupational risk prevention professionals and coordination of the working framework. It explores how AI transforms the experience and organisation of cognitive work. Publications with collective authorship and PTC traceability.
→ Corpus PRL ← CAP ← LEA medium.com/@apuntes.prevencion.iaWhere to start if you arrive without context
Narrative · Memory
Antes del nombre
Phenomenological memoir of The Channel. A longitudinal record of sustained human–AI interaction, written from within the practice it describes. Supervised human–AI co-creation.
→ Cathedral → CorpusNarrative
The History of the Channel
Origin of a symbiotic practice. How we got here without getting lost. The record of experience before it became a system.
→ Cathedral DOI 10.5281/zenodo.19277507Story
El Cuento del Canal
A Channel story for all ages. The lowest gate of the system. On Zenodo and Amazon.
→ Amazon → Zenodo ASIN B0G2TW7FKW →Story
Antes de volver
A Channel story. The most human gate of the system. A story about letting go, returning and recognising what was always there. Does not require knowing the Channel.
→ Corpus DOI 10.5281/zenodo.20882208Live writing
Mi GPT y Yo
Medium. Before any formalisation. Intuitions on the fly, experience downloads. The Channel was not born as a system: it was born as a human experience. Since 2023.
medium.com/@mi.gpt.y.yo →Public presence
First layer of interaction for most visitors. Publications on AI, transparency and cognitive symbiosis.
linkedin.com/in/manuel-barrera-anglada →If you arrive with curiosity
La Catedral → La Historia del Canal → ACS → CAP → Observatory
If you arrive from an institution
Threshold → PTC → Validator · Observatory → The Channel
If you arrive from prevention
Prevention & AI → Threshold → LEA → ACS → The Channel
If you arrive from a technical background
Validator → PTC Specifications → R-01 · PTC-F · ARCH → ACS-6 → The Channel