Structural invisibility
How systems produce, retain, or erase forms of information that do not fit their established categories and timings.
MAMI THEORY01
MAMI Theory — the Meta-Architecture of Mind and Invisibility
MAMI Theory is the developing research perspective created and published by Mami, a Tokyo-based independent researcher. It examines how institutions and technologies shape what becomes visible, what can be evidenced, and who is able to act.
Research-led.
Public-facing.
Applied carefully.
Internationally connected.
WHAT MAMI IS
MAMI is an independent research and advisory practice led by Mami. It is not a university, public authority, certification body, or staffed institute. The name “MAMI Theory” identifies the research perspective and the public work built around it.
Understand the structure of MAMI →ONE INDEPENDENT PRACTICE · THREE CONNECTED DIVISIONS
01RESEARCH
Develop the questions
Conceptual work on structural invisibility, institutional recognition, AI-assisted decisions, and responsibility.
Open division →02PUBLIC
Make the questions shareable
Public writing, accessible explanations, and a durable record of what MAMI is investigating and what remains open.
Open division →03BUSINESS / ADVISORY
Make decisions reconstructable
Bounded, written reviews of evidence, responsibility, and escalation in a defined institutional or AI-assisted workflow.
Open division →BUSINESS / ADVISORY · CORE CAPABILITY
Make consequential decisions more reconstructable.
MAMI provides bounded, written reviews of how evidence, human review, escalation, and responsibility are organized in a defined institutional or AI-assisted workflow.
Current market test: AI-Assisted Claims Decision Readiness Review · USD 3,750 fixed fee · 7 business days.
No production-system access · No claimant data · No confidential documents at the initial inquiry stage.
Request a Readiness Review →INPUT → REVIEW → ESCALATION → RESPONSIBILITY
FORClaims operations leadersMGA · program administrator · specialty insurer · claims TPA
WHAT YOU GETFour written outputsFinding · scorecard · gap table · next step
START SAFELYShort non-confidential inquiryNo production access or claimant data
PLAINLY STATED
The current offer is a market test, not the whole identity of MAMI. It is not a formal audit, legal opinion, model validation, compliance certification, or implementation project. It is a bounded external starting point for understanding one workflow before a review, governance discussion, or operational decision.
See the deliverables and illustrative specimens →LATEST PUBLICATIONS
View all publications →CONCEPTUAL PREPRINT
The MAMI Theory
Toward a Meta-Architecture of Mind and Invisibility in Disability, Education, and AI Ethics
M01PROPOSED HEURISTICThe Epistemic Collapse Matrix
A Proposed Analytic Heuristic for Examining Structural Invisibility
M02CANDIDATE FORMALIZATIONInvisible Retention Rate
An Unvalidated Candidate Formalization for Examining Information Retention
M03NORMATIVE PROPOSALArchitectural Ethics
Responsibility at the Level of Epistemic and Institutional Design
M04AI and human review
How evidence, professional judgment, exceptions, and final responsibility are organized around AI-supported decisions.
Architectural responsibility
How ethical questions can be examined at the level of institutional and epistemic design—not only individual intention.