Luke F. Walton

Independent Researcher · San Diego, California

Download the CV (PDF) Updated September 2026

Areas of specialization and competence

AOS. AI ethics; moral responsibility; philosophy of technology.

AOC. Social and political philosophy; social epistemology; philosophy of social science.

Manuscripts, not publications: these are at journals, not in them.

The Captured Oracle: Authorship and Agency in the Ethics of Answer-Engine Optimization

AI and Ethics. Revise and resubmit; revision in peer review (resubmitted August 2026).

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20676327
Coupling Without Commitment: Jazz Improvisation and What Is Missing in Machine–Machine Interaction

Synthese. In peer review (submitted July 2026).
The Keeper of the Flock: Epistemic Integrity and Civic Evidentiary Architecture

Philosophy & Technology. In peer review (submitted August 2026).

The Invariant of Answerability

Working paper, June 2026.

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20606492
Building Answerable AI: Why Automation Needs Owned Error

Working paper, June 2026.

doi:10.5281/zenodo.20682306

Answer Engine

Software, 2026. A reference implementation for citation-grounded answerability.

github.com/lukefwalton/answer-engine ·doi:10.5281/zenodo.20676773

The Description Is Not the Event: Exposure, and Why Standing Is Not an Object

Manuscript.
Judgment, Authorization, and Japan’s Decision for War

Manuscript.

M.B.A., San Diego State University, 2021.
B.M., Popular Music, University of Southern California, Thornton School of Music, 2013.Inaugural class of the Popular Music program.

Founder & Chief Executive Officer, Surmado, Inc., 2025–present.
Senior Marketing Manager, Amazon, 2024–present.
NAMM, 2018–2024.Associate Director, Marketing (2022–2024); Marketing Manager (2019–2022); Copywriter / Marketing Coordinator (2018–2019).
Creative Project Manager, Tiny Giant Productions, 2014–2018.
Operations Specialist, Google, 2013–2014.Google Glass, early commercialization.
Creative Trainee, Columbia Pictures, Sony Pictures Entertainment, 2012–2013.

Generative AI instructor, independent professional education, 2025–present.Practical generative AI, agentic workflows, and responsible use.

What Humans Own Now: Taste, Judgment and Creative Direction in an AI-Executed Org. Panel, AI for Marketers Summit (GSMI), 24 February 2027.
AI Maturity in 2026: Building and Enabling the Modern Marketing Team. Keynote panel, AI for Marketers Summit (GSMI), 14 May 2026.
The AI Playbook for Social Media Teams. Panel, Social Media Strategies Summit (GSMI), 13 November 2025.

Japanese, professional working proficiency.

Records as Scoobert Doobert. Sound producer for CHAI on “WHOLE,” theme for the NHK drama Koisenu Futari (59th Galaxy Award, Television Special Prize), and “MY DREAM,” theme for the film The Fish Tale (Sub Pop / Sony Music Japan). Co-writer and co-producer of bed’s “Kare Wa 3.0,” opening theme for the Fuji TV / Skybound drama Heart Attack (2025), Silver winner for Best Asian Drama Series Made for a Regional or International Market at the ContentAsia Awards. “Don’t Worry” reached #1 on 91X’s Loudspeaker Top 5 (2021). Host of Love Music More. Produced and narrated Plato’s Apology (2023).

The argument these papers make, rather than the list of them, is at Research. Reference list: Publications.