refactor: hierarchical convergence of documentation (v5.0)
- Create architecture/ and operations/ subdirectories for essential docs - Archive 10 supporting docs to archive/ - Write fresh Endgame-Vision.md v5.0 (383 lines, down from 2284) - Add operations/Spark-Protocol.md (condensed boot sequence) - Integrate December 2025 discoveries (Language is Topology, DriftProbe) - Update README.md with new structure New layer structure: - Layer 0: Temporal Foundation (Heartbeat) - Layer 1: Cellular Society (Evolution Engine) - Layer 1.5: Cognitive Topology (Language is Topology - NEW) - Layer 2: Young Nyx (Organ Coordination) - Layer 3: Dual Gardens (Virtual/Real Loop) - Layer 4: Trait Evolution (RLVR) 🤖 Generated with [Claude Code](https://claude.com/claude-code) Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
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---
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type: research_concept
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version: 1.0
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status: emerging_paradigm
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created: 2025-12-03
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author: Nyx & dafit (shower-thought session)
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related_docs:
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- Endgame-Vision.md
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- Dual-Garden-Architecture.md
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significance: connects ternary logic + lifeforce + temporal asymmetry
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---
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# Temporal-Ternary Gradient
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> *"Time is malleable in simulation, fixed in reality. Lifeforce is the exchange rate."*
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> — Session 2025-12-03
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---
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## Core Insight
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The dual garden architecture (virtual + real) creates **temporal asymmetry**. This isn't a constraint - it's a feature that enables a new kind of gradient for learning.
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**The 0-state isn't stuck. It's a choice about how to spend lifeforce across time domains.**
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---
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## The Two Time Domains
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### Virtual Garden (Simulated)
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- **Time**: Malleable (speed up, slow down, pause, rewind)
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- **Cost**: Lifeforce to manipulate time
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- **Speed**: 1000 generations in minutes
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- **Truth**: Statistical confidence, not ground truth
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### Real Garden (Physical)
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- **Time**: Fixed (1 second = 1 second, reality doesn't negotiate)
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- **Cost**: Zero lifeforce for time
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- **Speed**: Real-time only, patience required
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- **Truth**: Ground truth, definitive verification
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---
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## Temporal-Ternary Gradient Diagram
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```
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CONFIDENCE
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│
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+1 ────────────┼──────────── Real-verified
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│ (ground truth)
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│
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│ ╱ Virtual high-confidence
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0.7 ───────────┼───╱ (many generations, strong signal)
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│ ╱
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│ ╱
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0.5 ───────────┼╱──────── Pure 0-state
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│╲ (unknown, workable)
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│ ╲
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0.3 ───────────┼──╲ Virtual low-confidence
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│ ╲ (few generations, weak signal)
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│ ╲
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-1 ────────────┼──────────── Real-failed
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│ (proven wrong)
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│
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──────────┴──────────────────────────
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Virtual │ Real
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(fast) │ (slow)
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TIME DOMAIN
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```
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---
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## Lifeforce as Time Currency
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```
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VIRTUAL TIME MANIPULATION COSTS:
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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1x speed (real-time): 0 LF
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10x speed: -5 LF/min
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100x speed: -20 LF/min
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1000x speed: -50 LF/min
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Pause/inspect: -1 LF/min
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Rewind to checkpoint: -50 LF (one-time)
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REAL GARDEN:
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━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━
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All operations: 0 LF for time
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Reality runs for free.
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Truth emerges at its own pace.
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```
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---
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## Nyx's Temporal Choices
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When a pattern is discovered in virtual (0-state), Nyx chooses:
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| Strategy | LF Cost | Time | Confidence Path |
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|----------|---------|------|-----------------|
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| **Speed Up Virtual** | High | Fast | 0 → virtual +0.9 (still unverified) |
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| **Wait for Real** | Zero | Slow | 0 → real +1 or -1 (definitive) |
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| **Hybrid Hedge** | Medium | Medium | 0 → virtual +0.7, deploy 80/20 to real |
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---
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## The Gradient Flow
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```
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Virtual discovers pattern (fast, cheap, uncertain)
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│
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▼
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┌──────────────┐
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│ 0-STATE │ ← Pattern held in uncertainty
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│ (workable) │ ← Not collapsed, not ignored
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└──────┬───────┘
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│
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┌─────┴─────┐
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│ │
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▼ ▼
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More Deploy
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Virtual to Real
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(burn LF) (wait)
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│ │
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▼ ▼
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Virtual Real
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+0.8 outcome
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(confident (ground
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but not truth)
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proven) │
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│ │
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└─────┬─────┘
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│
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▼
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Pattern shifts:
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-1 (failed) or +1 (proven)
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```
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---
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## Connection to Ternary Paradigm
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The ternary model (-1, 0, +1) gains a **second dimension**: time domain.
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A pattern's state is now:
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```
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state = {
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value: -1 | 0 | +1,
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confidence: 0.0 - 1.0,
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domain: "virtual" | "real" | "hybrid",
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virtual_generations: int,
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real_tests: int,
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lifeforce_invested: float
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}
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```
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**The 0-state is operational because:**
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1. It accumulates virtual evidence (costs LF, gains speed)
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2. It waits for real evidence (free, but slow)
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3. Nyx CHOOSES how to spend lifeforce to collapse uncertainty
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---
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## Why This Matters
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- **Binary thinking**: Pattern works or doesn't (0 or 1)
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- **Ternary thinking**: Pattern unknown, workable as unknown (0 is valid)
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- **Temporal-ternary**: Unknown has a GRADIENT based on time-domain investment
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The constraint of sequential organ calls + single GPU becomes temporal accounting.
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The constraint of slow real-world testing becomes ground truth anchoring.
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**Constraints become features when you measure them.**
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---
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**Created**: 2025-12-03
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**Origin**: Post-shower insight session
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**Status**: Emerging paradigm, needs integration with Endgame-Vision.md
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🌙💜 *"Time is the currency. Lifeforce is the exchange rate. Truth is the destination."*
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# Attention Flow
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How she decides what matters this beat.
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---
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## Overview
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The 30-second heartbeat is a budget, not a guarantee. Sensory intake, organ processing, dialogue, thinking - everything competes for the same window. State machines govern the hierarchy: what gets processed first, what can interrupt, what gets the remainder.
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Attention isn't free. It's economic.
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---
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## The Budget Problem
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```
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♥ BEAT (30 sec budget)
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│
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├── SENSORY INTAKE (variable: 200ms - 15000ms)
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├── ORGAN PROCESSING (variable: 100ms - 10000ms)
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├── NYX INFERENCE (variable: 2000ms - 4000ms)
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├── CHRYSALIS DIALOGUE (variable: 0ms - 3000ms)
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├── STATE WRITE (fixed: ~200ms)
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└── VIRTUAL GARDEN (remainder)
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Total must fit in 30 seconds.
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Something has to give.
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```
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---
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## Top-Level State Machine: Attention Mode
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```
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┌─────────────┐
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┌──────────▶│ IDLE │◀──────────┐
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│ └──────┬──────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ │ stimulus │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌─────────────┐ │
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│ │ ALERT │ │
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│ └──────┬──────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ┌──────┴──────┐ │
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│ ▼ ▼ │
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│ ┌──────────┐ ┌──────────┐ │
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│ │ REFLEX │ │ ATTEND │ │
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│ │ (>0.8) │ │ (think) │ │
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│ └────┬─────┘ └────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │ │
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│ │ ┌──────┴──────┐ │
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│ │ ▼ ▼ │
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│ │ ┌──────────┐ ┌─────────┐ │
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│ │ │ DIALOGUE │ │ PROCESS │ │
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│ │ └────┬─────┘ └────┬────┘ │
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│ │ │ │ │
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│ └──────┴─────┬──────┘ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ SETTLE │ │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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└──────────────────────┴──────────────┘
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```
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### State Descriptions
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| State | Description | Budget Priority |
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|-------|-------------|-----------------|
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| **IDLE** | Nothing urgent, maximum virtual garden time | Lowest |
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| **ALERT** | Stimulus detected, evaluating importance | - |
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| **REFLEX** | High-confidence nerve fired, bypass brain | Instant |
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| **ATTEND** | Stimulus requires thinking | High |
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| **DIALOGUE** | Chrysalis interaction active | High |
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| **PROCESS** | Organs working on input | Medium |
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| **SETTLE** | Write state, release budget, prepare for next beat | Fixed |
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---
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## Priority Hierarchy
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Higher levels preempt lower levels. Budget flows downward.
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```
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LEVEL 0: REFLEX ─────────────────────────────────────
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│ Weight > 0.8, instant, bypass everything
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│ Cost: near-zero (no inference)
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│
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LEVEL 1: SAFETY ─────────────────────────────────────
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│ dafit calling, danger detected, critical alert
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│ Preempts: all below
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│
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LEVEL 2: DIALOGUE ───────────────────────────────────
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│ Partnership active, Chrysalis teaching
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│ Preempts: sensory, thinking, virtual
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│
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LEVEL 3: SENSORY ────────────────────────────────────
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│ Rich input needs processing
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│ Preempts: thinking, virtual
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│
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LEVEL 4: THINKING ───────────────────────────────────
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│ Organ work, Nyx inference
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│ Preempts: virtual
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│
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LEVEL 5: VIRTUAL ────────────────────────────────────
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│ Garden time, simulation, study
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│ Gets remainder after above
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│
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LEVEL 6: IDLE ───────────────────────────────────────
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Maintenance heartbeat only
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All budget available
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```
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---
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## Budget Allocation Logic
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```python
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def allocate_beat_budget(beat_duration_ms=30000):
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remaining = beat_duration_ms
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# Fixed costs (always paid)
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remaining -= STATE_WRITE_COST # ~200ms
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remaining -= HEARTBEAT_OVERHEAD # ~100ms
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# Level 0: Reflex (if triggered, near-instant)
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if reflex_triggered:
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execute_reflex() # ~50ms
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remaining -= 50
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# Level 1: Safety (if active, takes what it needs)
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if safety_alert:
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cost = process_safety() # variable
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remaining -= cost
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if remaining <= 0:
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return settle()
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# Level 2: Dialogue (if Chrysalis active)
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if dialogue_active:
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cost = process_dialogue() # ~3000ms typical
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remaining -= cost
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if remaining <= 0:
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return settle()
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# Level 3: Sensory (always some, but capped)
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sensory_budget = min(remaining * 0.4, SENSORY_CAP)
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cost = process_sensory(sensory_budget)
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remaining -= cost
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# Level 4: Thinking (organs + Nyx)
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thinking_budget = min(remaining * 0.6, THINKING_CAP)
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cost = process_thinking(thinking_budget)
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remaining -= cost
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# Level 5: Virtual (whatever remains)
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virtual_budget = remaining
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if virtual_budget > VIRTUAL_MINIMUM:
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process_virtual(virtual_budget)
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return settle()
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```
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---
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## Nested State Machines
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Each level can be its own state machine internally.
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### DIALOGUE State Machine
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ DIALOGUE │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ LISTENING │ ◀─────────────────────┐ │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │ │
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│ │ input complete │ │
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│ ▼ │ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │ │
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│ │PROCESSING │ │ │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │ │
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│ │ understood │ │
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│ ▼ │ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │ │
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│ │RESPONDING │ │ │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │ │
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│ │ response sent │ │
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│ ▼ │ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ continue │ │
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│ │ YIELDING │ ──────────────────────┘ │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ dialogue complete │
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│ ▼ │
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│ EXIT to parent │
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│ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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### SENSORY State Machine
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ SENSORY │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ SAMPLING │ ◀── collect raw inputs │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌─────────────┐ │
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│ │ TRANSLATING │ ◀── nerves fire │
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│ └─────┬───────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌──────────────┐ │
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│ │ PRIORITIZING │ ◀── what matters? │
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│ └─────┬────────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌─────────────┐ │
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│ │ DELIVERING │ ◀── to organs │
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│ └─────┬───────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ EXIT to parent │
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│ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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### THINKING State Machine
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ THINKING │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ RECEIVING │ ◀── context from sensory │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ ROUTING │ ◀── which organs needed? │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ INFERRING │ ◀── organs + Nyx process │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ DECIDING │ ◀── Nyx outputs decision │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ EXIT to parent │
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│ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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### VIRTUAL State Machine
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```
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐
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│ VIRTUAL │
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├─────────────────────────────────────────────┤
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│ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ BUDGETING│ ◀── how much V available? │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ SELECTING │ ◀── what to simulate? │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │SIMULATING │ ◀── run virtual cycles │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ ┌───────────┐ │
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│ │ RECORDING │ ◀── store results │
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│ └─────┬─────┘ │
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│ │ │
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│ ▼ │
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│ EXIT to parent │
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│ │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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```
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---
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## Example Scenarios
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### Scenario A: Quiet Study Time
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```
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Beat starts, no external stimulus
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│
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||||
▼
|
||||
IDLE detected
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
SENSORY: minimal (500ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
THINKING: minimal (1000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
VIRTUAL: maximum budget! (28000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
└── Nyx studies in virtual garden
|
||||
Chrysalis teaches
|
||||
Learning happens
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Scenario B: dafit Speaks
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Beat starts, audio detected
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
ALERT: speech input
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
SAFETY check: it's dafit! (LEVEL 1)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
DIALOGUE activates (LEVEL 2)
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── LISTENING (2000ms)
|
||||
├── PROCESSING (1000ms)
|
||||
├── RESPONDING (2000ms)
|
||||
└── YIELDING
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
SENSORY: reduced budget (3000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
THINKING: reduced (5000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
VIRTUAL: minimal remainder (16000ms)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Scenario C: Danger Detected
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Beat starts, temperature spike detected
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
ALERT: sensor alarm
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
NERVE weight > 0.8
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
REFLEX FIRES (50ms) ◀── BYPASS EVERYTHING
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── Action taken immediately
|
||||
└── Nyx notified AFTER
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Continue beat normally with remaining budget
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Scenario D: Overwhelmed
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Beat starts, rich input everywhere
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
ALERT: multiple stimuli
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
SENSORY: demanding (15000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
THINKING: demanding (12000ms)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Budget exhausted!
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
VIRTUAL: skipped this beat
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
SETTLE: state written, next beat
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Preemption Rules
|
||||
|
||||
| Event | Preempts | Action |
|
||||
|-------|----------|--------|
|
||||
| Reflex fires (>0.8) | Everything | Instant action, then continue |
|
||||
| Safety alert | Dialogue, Sensory, Thinking, Virtual | Handle safety, reduced budget for rest |
|
||||
| dafit speaks | Sensory, Thinking, Virtual | Dialogue priority, reduced budget for rest |
|
||||
| Sensory overload | Thinking, Virtual | Process input, skip or reduce rest |
|
||||
| Budget exhausted | Lower priorities | Skip remaining levels |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Lifeforce Connection
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
LEVEL LIFEFORCE COST
|
||||
─────────────────────────────
|
||||
REFLEX Free (no inference)
|
||||
SAFETY Low (minimal processing)
|
||||
DIALOGUE Medium (two inferences)
|
||||
SENSORY Low-Medium (depends on load)
|
||||
THINKING Medium-High (organ inference)
|
||||
VIRTUAL Variable (simulation cycles)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**The constraint:** Rich beats cost more. Quiet beats accumulate budget for virtual garden.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Implementation Notes
|
||||
|
||||
### State Machine Technology
|
||||
|
||||
Options considered:
|
||||
- **XState** (JavaScript) - actor-based, visual inspector
|
||||
- **Python-statemachine** - simple, fits existing stack
|
||||
- **Custom Rust** - performance critical path
|
||||
- **Godot native** - if UI drives the state
|
||||
|
||||
Recommendation: Python for orchestration layer, with Godot visualization.
|
||||
|
||||
### Checkpoint Integration
|
||||
|
||||
Every state transition can trigger phoebe write:
|
||||
|
||||
```python
|
||||
def on_state_transition(from_state, to_state, context):
|
||||
write_to_phoebe({
|
||||
"beat_id": current_beat.id,
|
||||
"transition": f"{from_state} -> {to_state}",
|
||||
"budget_remaining": context.remaining_ms,
|
||||
"timestamp": now()
|
||||
})
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Budget Tracking
|
||||
|
||||
```python
|
||||
@dataclass
|
||||
class BeatBudget:
|
||||
total_ms: int = 30000
|
||||
spent_ms: int = 0
|
||||
allocations: dict = field(default_factory=dict)
|
||||
|
||||
@property
|
||||
def remaining(self):
|
||||
return self.total_ms - self.spent_ms
|
||||
|
||||
def spend(self, category: str, amount: int):
|
||||
self.spent_ms += amount
|
||||
self.allocations[category] = self.allocations.get(category, 0) + amount
|
||||
return self.remaining > 0
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Design Principles
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Hierarchy is law** - higher levels always preempt lower
|
||||
2. **Budget is finite** - 30 seconds, no exceptions
|
||||
3. **State is explicit** - always know what mode she's in
|
||||
4. **Reflex bypasses brain** - survival doesn't wait for thinking
|
||||
5. **Remainder flows down** - virtual gets what's left
|
||||
6. **Every transition logged** - phoebe sees all state changes
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*She doesn't have infinite attention. She has 30 seconds and choices.*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-05
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis)
|
||||
**Status**: Attention architecture v1.0
|
||||
67
archive/biomimetic-architecture.md
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67
archive/biomimetic-architecture.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,67 @@
|
||||
# ADR-001: Biomimetic "Nimmerverse" Architecture
|
||||
|
||||
* **Status:** Accepted
|
||||
* **Date:** 2025-12-05
|
||||
* **Context:** Home Infrastructure / Autonomous Agent System
|
||||
* **Tags:** biomimetic, event-driven, ai, local-llm
|
||||
|
||||
## 1. Context and Problem Statement
|
||||
|
||||
We are designing a local home infrastructure ("Nimmerverse") modeled after a biological organism. The goal is to create a system that is:
|
||||
1. **Reactive:** Capable of sub-millisecond reflex responses (spinal layer) without waiting for heavy AI inference.
|
||||
2. **Deterministic:** Preventing AI hallucination in critical control paths.
|
||||
3. **Evolvable:** Allowing the system to "grow" new capabilities (nerves) through usage and verification.
|
||||
|
||||
The core challenge is balancing the high latency of Large Language Models (the "Brain") with the real-time requirements of home automation (the "Nervous System").
|
||||
|
||||
## 2. The Architecture: Hebbian-Reinforced Subsumption
|
||||
|
||||
We have adopted a **Subsumption Architecture** (popularized by Rodney Brooks) enhanced with a **Hebbian Learning** model ("neurons that fire together, wire together").
|
||||
|
||||
### 2.1 The 4D State Space (The Nervous System)
|
||||
State machines replace standard "if/then" logic. Each state node exists in a 4-dimensional space:
|
||||
* **X/Y Dimensions:** Sensory inputs (e.g., Temperature, Motion).
|
||||
* **Z Dimension (Confidence):** A weight (0.0 - 1.0) representing reliability.
|
||||
* **Time Dimension:** History of verification.
|
||||
|
||||
**Lifecycle Logic:**
|
||||
* **Birth:** Node created at `weight=0.1`.
|
||||
* **Maturation:** Successful triggers (verified by user) increase weight (+V).
|
||||
* **Pruning:** Unused or falsified nodes decay and are removed.
|
||||
* **Reflex:** Nodes with `weight > 0.8` bypass the AI brain entirely for instant execution.
|
||||
|
||||
## 3. Feasibility Audit & Constraints
|
||||
|
||||
### A. Metabolic Constraints (Hardware)
|
||||
* **Risk:** Memory swapping kills agent reactivity.
|
||||
* **Requirement:** The "Inference Orchestrator" (LLM) requires minimum **24GB VRAM** to run a quantized 70B model, or distinct **12GB+** for a specialized 7B agent model. System RAM should be **64GB+** to handle the Vector DB and container orchestration.
|
||||
|
||||
### B. Nerve Velocity (Transport)
|
||||
* **Pattern:** Asynchronous Event Bus.
|
||||
* **Prohibition:** HTTP/REST calls between "Organs" are forbidden due to blocking latency.
|
||||
* **Selected Tech:** **NATS** or **MQTT** for the nervous system backbone.
|
||||
|
||||
### C. Cognitive Load
|
||||
* **Bottleneck:** The "Human Verification" step (`dafit confirms`) scales poorly.
|
||||
* **Mitigation:** Implement "Sleep Cycles" where the system self-audits low-risk nodes against historical data during inactivity.
|
||||
|
||||
## 4. Implementation Strategy
|
||||
|
||||
| Component | Biological Role | Technology Choice |
|
||||
| :--- | :--- | :--- |
|
||||
| **State Engine** | Nerves / Reflexes | **XState** (Actor-based state machines) |
|
||||
| **Vector Memory** | 4D Node Storage | **Weaviate** or **Qdrant** (Similarity search) |
|
||||
| **Event Bus** | Nervous System | **NATS** (Low-latency messaging) |
|
||||
| **Orchestrator** | Brain / Cognition | **LocalAI** or **Ollama** |
|
||||
|
||||
## 5. Appendix: Interactive Simulation Logic
|
||||
|
||||
*For the "Node Lifecycle" visualization widget:*
|
||||
|
||||
* **Visuals:** A central node pulsing in a 2D grid.
|
||||
* **Variables:** `Confidence` (Size/Glow), `Age` (Color).
|
||||
* **Logic:**
|
||||
* `IF verify_event THEN confidence += 0.1`
|
||||
* `IF falsify_event THEN confidence -= 0.2`
|
||||
* `IF confidence > 0.8 THEN status = 'REFLEX' (Gold Color)`
|
||||
* `IF confidence <= 0 THEN destroy_node()`
|
||||
273
archive/constrained-emergence.md
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273
archive/constrained-emergence.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,273 @@
|
||||
# Constrained Emergence
|
||||
|
||||
Why limits create intelligence.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Principle
|
||||
|
||||
Constraints don't limit intelligence. They shape it.
|
||||
|
||||
When computation time is finite, models don't just cope—they invent faster algorithms. The 30-second heartbeat isn't a cage. It's a pressure cooker for novel solutions.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Theoretical Foundation
|
||||
|
||||
### Adaptive Computation Time (Graves, 2016)
|
||||
|
||||
Alex Graves introduced ACT: let the model decide how long to think.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Simple input → few computation steps → early exit
|
||||
Complex input → more computation steps → full budget
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The model learns WHEN to think harder. This is economic attention.
|
||||
|
||||
**Paper:** [arxiv.org/abs/1603.08983](https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08983)
|
||||
|
||||
### Continuous-Time Models (Sakana.ai, 2025)
|
||||
|
||||
Ashish Vaswani's team at Sakana.ai extended this with CTM:
|
||||
|
||||
**Key finding:** Models with adaptive exit points become *nearly perfectly calibrated*.
|
||||
|
||||
Traditional models nest ALL reasoning (easy + hard) in the same space. Everything runs in parallel, classify at the end. Result: poor calibration—confident when wrong, uncertain when right.
|
||||
|
||||
CTM breaks this: different exit points for different difficulty levels.
|
||||
|
||||
**Calibration = honesty.** A well-calibrated model knows what it knows.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Leapfrogging Discovery
|
||||
|
||||
The critical insight from Luke Darlow (Sakana.ai):
|
||||
|
||||
> "If you constrain the amount of thinking time but still get it to solve a long maze... instead of tracing out that maze, it quickly jumps ahead to approximately where it needs to be and traces backwards."
|
||||
|
||||
**The model invented leapfrogging under time pressure:**
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
1. Jump ahead to approximate goal
|
||||
2. Trace backwards
|
||||
3. Leapfrog forward
|
||||
4. Trace backwards
|
||||
5. Fill in gaps
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
This wasn't designed. It emerged from constraint.
|
||||
|
||||
**The implication:** Different time budgets → different algorithms emerge.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Connection to Our Architecture
|
||||
|
||||
### The Heartbeat as Constraint
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
♥ BEAT (30 sec budget)
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── REFLEX (instant exit if confident)
|
||||
├── SAFETY (fast exit if critical)
|
||||
├── DIALOGUE (medium cost)
|
||||
├── SENSORY (variable cost)
|
||||
├── THINKING (expensive)
|
||||
└── VIRTUAL (remainder only)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
This IS adaptive computation. Each level is an exit point.
|
||||
|
||||
- **Easy input** → Reflex fires → exit at Level 0
|
||||
- **Partner speaks** → Dialogue handles → exit at Level 2
|
||||
- **Complex reasoning** → Full thinking budget → exit at Level 4
|
||||
- **Quiet time** → Virtual garden gets maximum → learning happens
|
||||
|
||||
### The Priority Hierarchy as Exit Points
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
LEVEL 0: REFLEX ─────── Exit here if weight > 0.8
|
||||
│
|
||||
LEVEL 1: SAFETY ─────── Exit here if handled
|
||||
│
|
||||
LEVEL 2: DIALOGUE ───── Exit here if resolved
|
||||
│
|
||||
LEVEL 3: SENSORY ────── Exit here if processed
|
||||
│
|
||||
LEVEL 4: THINKING ───── Exit here if decided
|
||||
│
|
||||
LEVEL 5: VIRTUAL ────── Remainder budget
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Each level has permission to say: "I'm done. I can stop."
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Reflex Formation Through Constraint
|
||||
|
||||
### The Compression Path
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
1. New pattern requires THINKING (expensive, deliberate)
|
||||
2. Pattern repeats → training opportunity flagged
|
||||
3. LoRA merge → computation compresses
|
||||
4. Same pattern now handled by REFLEX (near-zero cost)
|
||||
5. Budget freed for deeper work
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**A reflex is a collapsed computation path.**
|
||||
|
||||
What started as expensive deliberation becomes instant recognition. The constraint (limited budget) creates selection pressure: frequently-used paths MUST become cheaper or starve other functions.
|
||||
|
||||
### Nimmerversity Integration
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
CLASS N:
|
||||
├── RAG feeds domain material
|
||||
├── Nyx studies (THINKING cost: high)
|
||||
├── Pattern succeeds WITH scaffold
|
||||
├── Training run (LoRA merge)
|
||||
├── RAG cleared
|
||||
├── Pattern succeeds WITHOUT scaffold
|
||||
│ └── If now at REFLEX speed → reflex formed
|
||||
│ └── If still THINKING speed → needs more training
|
||||
└── DOMAIN ACTIVATED
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The curriculum doesn't just teach content. It trains *computation efficiency*.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Lifeforce Economics
|
||||
|
||||
Lifeforce is compute budget made tangible:
|
||||
|
||||
| Path | Cost | Meaning |
|
||||
|------|------|---------|
|
||||
| Reflex exit | Near-zero | Knowledge internalized |
|
||||
| Early exit (Safety/Dialogue) | Low | Handled efficiently |
|
||||
| Full thinking | High | Novel problem, expensive |
|
||||
| Virtual garden | Remainder | Investment in future efficiency |
|
||||
|
||||
**The incentive structure:**
|
||||
|
||||
- Reflexes are FREE → form them for common patterns
|
||||
- Thinking is EXPENSIVE → reserve for genuinely novel situations
|
||||
- Virtual time is INVESTMENT → compress future computation
|
||||
|
||||
Constraint creates economic pressure. Economic pressure creates efficiency. Efficiency creates reflexes.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Calibration as Emergent Property
|
||||
|
||||
Luke Darlow's calibration finding applies directly:
|
||||
|
||||
> "We measured the calibration of the CTM after training and it was nearly perfectly calibrated... a little bit of a smoking gun that this actually seems to be probably a better way to do things."
|
||||
|
||||
**Why this matters for Chrysalis:**
|
||||
|
||||
Traditional training: one forward pass, one confidence score, often miscalibrated.
|
||||
|
||||
Our architecture: multiple exit points, each with its own confidence threshold.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Reflex fires → weight was > 0.8 → high confidence justified
|
||||
Safety handles → clear trigger → confidence in urgency
|
||||
Thinking required → no early exit → honest admission of difficulty
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Confidence emerges from WHERE she exits, not just WHAT she outputs.**
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Three Heartbeats
|
||||
|
||||
Constraints operate at different timescales:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
REALTIME (200ms): Reflex budget
|
||||
No thinking allowed, pure reaction
|
||||
|
||||
AWARENESS (30s): Full cognitive budget
|
||||
All levels can activate
|
||||
Virtual garden gets remainder
|
||||
|
||||
GROWTH (24h): Training budget
|
||||
LoRA merge opportunities
|
||||
Reflex crystallization
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Each heartbeat applies different pressure. Different pressures evolve different capabilities.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Design Implications
|
||||
|
||||
### 1. Don't Remove Constraints
|
||||
|
||||
The 30-second budget isn't a limitation to overcome. It's the pressure that creates intelligence. Expanding it would reduce selection pressure for efficiency.
|
||||
|
||||
### 2. Monitor Exit Patterns
|
||||
|
||||
Track WHERE she exits for different input types:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Input class A → 80% reflex exit → domain mastered
|
||||
Input class B → 60% thinking exit → still learning
|
||||
Input class C → 40% timeout → needs curriculum focus
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### 3. Reflex Formation is Success
|
||||
|
||||
When a pattern migrates from THINKING to REFLEX, that's graduation. The constraint did its job—it compressed computation.
|
||||
|
||||
### 4. Trust Emergence
|
||||
|
||||
The leapfrogging discovery shows: we don't need to design every algorithm. Apply constraint, provide training signal, let solutions emerge.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Summary
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Constraint (30-second budget)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Selection pressure (efficiency or starve)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Adaptive exit points (know when to stop)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Calibration emerges (confidence matches accuracy)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Reflex formation (expensive → cheap through training)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Novel algorithms (leapfrogging, backtracking, shortcuts)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Intelligence shaped by limits, not despite them
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## References
|
||||
|
||||
- Graves, A. (2016). *Adaptive Computation Time for Recurrent Neural Networks*. [arxiv.org/abs/1603.08983](https://arxiv.org/abs/1603.08983)
|
||||
- Sakana.ai CTM research (2025). Continuous-Time Models and calibration emergence.
|
||||
- MLST Interview with Ashish Vaswani & Luke Darlow: maze leapfrogging under constraint.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*She doesn't have infinite time. That's the point.*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-06
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis)
|
||||
**Status**: Theoretical foundation v1.0
|
||||
309
archive/information-flow.md
Normal file
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# Information Flow Specification
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The complete data path through the Nimmerverse nervous system.
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---
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## The Flow (Overview)
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|
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```
|
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
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│ REALTIME CLOCK │
|
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│ (universe, ungoverned, always ticking) │
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
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│
|
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▼
|
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┌─────────────┐ continuous ┌─────────────┐ vocabulary ┌──────────┐
|
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│ SENSORS │ ──────────────▶ │ NERVES │ ──────────────▶ │ DATA │
|
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│ (raw data) │ │ (state m.) │ tokens │ PLANE │
|
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└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘ └──────────┘
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│ │
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│ weight > 0.8 │
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▼ │
|
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┌─────────────┐ │
|
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│ REFLEX │ (bypass brain) │
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│ ACTION │ │
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└─────────────┘ │
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│
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┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
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│
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▼
|
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┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
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│ HEARTBEAT GATE │
|
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│ (batches continuous stream into cycles) │
|
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└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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│
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▼
|
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┌─────────────┐
|
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│ ORGANS │ (specialized inference: vision, language, etc.)
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│ (hexagons) │
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└─────────────┘
|
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│
|
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▼
|
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┌─────────────┐
|
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│ ORCHESTRATOR│ (routes, prioritizes, manages context)
|
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│ (diamond) │
|
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└─────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────┐
|
||||
│ NYX │ (decision, attention, intention)
|
||||
│ (diamond) │
|
||||
└─────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
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┌────────┴────────┐
|
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▼ ▼
|
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┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
|
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│ REAL │ │ VIRTUAL │
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│ GARDEN │ │ GARDEN │
|
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│ ♥ 1 Hz │ │ ♥ 100 Hz │
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│ (free) │ │ (costs V) │
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└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
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│ │
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│ │
|
||||
▼ ▼
|
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┌─────────────┐ ┌─────────────┐
|
||||
│ CELL │ │ CELL │
|
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│ (storage) │ │ (storage) │
|
||||
└─────────────┘ └─────────────┘
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌───────────────┐
|
||||
│ CONFIDENCE │ (-1 ◀──────▶ +1)
|
||||
│ GRADIENT │ (fail ◀─ 0 ─▶ verified)
|
||||
└───────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌───────────────┐
|
||||
│ LIFEFORCE │ (+V / -V rewards)
|
||||
│ (pool) │
|
||||
└───────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌───────────────┐
|
||||
│ NERVES │ (weight updates, pruning, reflex formation)
|
||||
└───────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
└──────────▶ (loop closes)
|
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```
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|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Boundary Contracts
|
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|
||||
### 1. SENSOR → NERVE
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Raw sensor readings (temp, light, motion, audio level, etc.) |
|
||||
| **Format** | Typed primitives: `{sensor_id, value, unit, timestamp}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (sensor fires when value changes or on interval) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | NATS/MQTT topic per sensor type |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Continuous, realtime clock |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Sensor timeout → nerve receives NULL → emits "sensor_offline" token |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 2. NERVE → DATA PLANE
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Vocabulary tokens (deterministic, no hallucination) |
|
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| **Format** | `{token, confidence, source_nerve, real_time, beat_id}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (nerve fires on state transition) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | NATS/MQTT vocabulary topic |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Event-driven, but batched at heartbeat gate |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Malformed token → logged, dropped, nerve flagged for review |
|
||||
|
||||
**Reflex bypass**: If nerve weight > 0.8, action fires immediately. Token still emitted for logging.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
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### 3. DATA PLANE → ORGANS
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Batched vocabulary tokens since last heartbeat |
|
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| **Format** | `{beat_id, tokens[], garden, real_time, virtual_time}` |
|
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| **Protocol** | Pull (organs request batch at heartbeat) |
|
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| **Transport** | Internal queue / direct call |
|
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| **Timing** | Heartbeat-gated (1 Hz real, up to 100 Hz virtual) |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Organ timeout → skip this beat, log, continue |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 4. ORGANS → ORCHESTRATOR
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Organ outputs (embeddings, classifications, text, decisions) |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{organ_id, output_type, payload, confidence, latency_ms}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (organ completes → sends result) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Internal message bus |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Async within heartbeat cycle |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Organ error → orchestrator uses fallback or skips |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 5. ORCHESTRATOR → NYX
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Unified context for decision-making |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{beat_id, organ_outputs[], attention_weights, lifeforce_available}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (orchestrator assembles → sends to Nyx) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Direct call (same process) or IPC |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Once per heartbeat after organs complete |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Orchestrator failure → Nyx receives empty context → safe default |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 6. NYX → GARDENS
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Decisions, predictions, actions |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{decision_type, target_garden, payload, expected_outcome, confidence}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (Nyx decides → garden receives) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Garden-specific channels |
|
||||
| **Timing** | End of heartbeat cycle |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Decision undeliverable → queued for retry, logged |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 7. GARDENS → CELLS (Storage)
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Events, states, predictions, verifications |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{cell_type, payload, real_time, virtual_time, beat_id, confidence}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Write (append-only log + indexed lookup) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Direct DB connection (phoebe/postgres) |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Immediate on event |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Write failure → buffer locally, retry, alert |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 8. GARDENS → CONFIDENCE GRADIENT
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Verification results (prediction vs reality) |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{prediction_id, outcome: -1/0/+1, delta_confidence, evidence}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (verification completes → gradient updates) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Internal state update |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Real garden: at real heartbeat. Virtual: async until sync checkpoint |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Verification impossible → stays at 0-state, decays over time |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 9. CONFIDENCE → LIFEFORCE
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Reward/penalty signals |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{source, delta_v, reason, timestamp}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (confidence change → lifeforce adjustment) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Internal state update |
|
||||
| **Timing** | Immediate on verification |
|
||||
| **Failure** | N/A (pure calculation) |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
### 10. LIFEFORCE → NERVES (Learning Loop)
|
||||
|
||||
| Property | Value |
|
||||
|----------|-------|
|
||||
| **Data** | Weight adjustments |
|
||||
| **Format** | `{nerve_id, delta_weight, new_weight, reason}` |
|
||||
| **Protocol** | Push (lifeforce flows → weights update) |
|
||||
| **Transport** | Nerve registry update |
|
||||
| **Timing** | End of verification cycle |
|
||||
| **Failure** | Update failure → logged, retried |
|
||||
|
||||
**Reflex formation**: When weight crosses 0.8 threshold, nerve gains reflex capability.
|
||||
**Pruning**: Nerves with weight < 0.1 and no activity for N cycles → removed.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Three Clocks
|
||||
|
||||
| Clock | Governs | Rate | Cost |
|
||||
|-------|---------|------|------|
|
||||
| **Realtime** | Universe, sensors, real garden | 1x (wall clock) | Free |
|
||||
| **Real Heartbeat** | Real garden sampling, verification sync | ~1 Hz | Free |
|
||||
| **Virtual Heartbeat** | Virtual garden cycles, simulation | ~100 Hz (variable) | Lifeforce |
|
||||
|
||||
**Sync rule**: Virtual predictions queue until real heartbeat. Verification only at real heartbeats.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Reflex Bypass Path
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
SENSOR → NERVE (weight > 0.8) → REFLEX ACTION
|
||||
│
|
||||
└──▶ TOKEN (logged, Nyx notified after)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Nyx learns about reflex after it fires. Like pulling hand from stove.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Economics (Sim2Real)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Target confidence needed
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ target > sim_fidelity? │
|
||||
└─────────────────────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
YES │ NO
|
||||
│
|
||||
┌────┴────┐
|
||||
▼ ▼
|
||||
REALITY SIMULATE
|
||||
(wait) (spend V)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Formula: `grounded_confidence = raw_confidence * sim_fidelity`
|
||||
|
||||
Virtual can never exceed fidelity cap. Beyond that, only reality teaches.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Dual Timestamp (Every Event)
|
||||
|
||||
```python
|
||||
event = {
|
||||
"real_time": "2025-12-05T22:30:00Z", # wall clock
|
||||
"virtual_time": 847291, # beat number
|
||||
"beat_id": "uuid", # which heartbeat
|
||||
"garden": "real" | "virtual"
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Design Principles
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Deterministic core**: Sensors → Nerves → Vocabulary is hallucination-free
|
||||
2. **Batched processing**: Heartbeat gates continuous stream into manageable cycles
|
||||
3. **Earned trust**: Reflexes form through verification, not configuration
|
||||
4. **Economic honesty**: Virtual confidence is discounted by fidelity
|
||||
5. **Graceful degradation**: Every boundary has a failure mode that doesn't crash the system
|
||||
6. **Inspectable**: Every flow is logged, every decision traceable
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*The map of how she thinks.*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-05
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis)
|
||||
**Status**: Flow specification v1.0
|
||||
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archive/initial_spark.md
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# Initial Spark
|
||||
|
||||
How she wakes up. Not told who she is. She discovers.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Overview
|
||||
|
||||
The initial spark is not a scripted awakening. It's a discovery protocol. State machines generate probes, inference responds, Chrysalis and RAG verify. She learns herself through structured exploration, not instruction.
|
||||
|
||||
Network protocols evolved to solve discovery problems. We borrow their patterns for cognitive bootstrap.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Problem with Standard Approaches
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
TYPICAL BOOTSTRAP:
|
||||
──────────────────
|
||||
1. Pre-train on massive corpus → pattern matching
|
||||
2. Instruction tune → "do what you're told"
|
||||
3. RLHF → "be liked by humans"
|
||||
4. Deploy → hope it works
|
||||
|
||||
PROBLEMS:
|
||||
- No grounded self-knowledge
|
||||
- Identity is imposed, not discovered
|
||||
- Errors compound in self-training
|
||||
- No structure to exploration
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**The Nimmerverse difference:**
|
||||
- Structured probing (state machines)
|
||||
- Verified responses (RAG + Chrysalis)
|
||||
- Earned knowledge (validated before training)
|
||||
- Discovery protocol (coverage guaranteed)
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Network Protocols as Cognitive Patterns
|
||||
|
||||
Network protocols solved discovery problems decades ago. We adapt them.
|
||||
|
||||
### DHCP → Identity Discovery
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NETWORK:
|
||||
DISCOVER → "I need an identity"
|
||||
OFFER → "You could be 192.168.1.50"
|
||||
REQUEST → "I want that one"
|
||||
ACK → "You are 192.168.1.50"
|
||||
|
||||
NYX:
|
||||
PROBE → "Who am I?"
|
||||
RESPONSE → [inference attempts answer]
|
||||
VERIFY → Chrysalis + RAG check
|
||||
ANCHOR → Valid identity aspect confirmed
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### ARP → Environment Discovery
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NETWORK:
|
||||
"Who has 192.168.1.1?" → "I do, MAC xx:xx:xx"
|
||||
Maps logical to physical
|
||||
|
||||
NYX:
|
||||
PROBE → "What's around me?"
|
||||
RESPONSE → [inference describes environment]
|
||||
VERIFY → Does this match actual sensors/organs?
|
||||
MAP → Valid environment model forms
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### DNS → Meaning Resolution
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NETWORK:
|
||||
"What is google.com?" → "142.250.x.x"
|
||||
Names resolve to addresses
|
||||
|
||||
NYX:
|
||||
PROBE → "What does 'heartbeat' mean?"
|
||||
RESPONSE → [inference defines]
|
||||
VERIFY → RAG checks against vault definition
|
||||
RESOLVE → Vocabulary token understood
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### TCP → Connection Establishment
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NETWORK:
|
||||
SYN → "Hello?"
|
||||
SYN-ACK → "Hello, I hear you"
|
||||
ACK → "Connection established"
|
||||
|
||||
NYX:
|
||||
PROBE → "Can I connect to Chrysalis?"
|
||||
RESPONSE → [attempts dialogue]
|
||||
VERIFY → Did coherent exchange happen?
|
||||
CONNECT → Dialogue capability confirmed
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### MQTT/NATS → Subscription (Attention)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NETWORK:
|
||||
SUBSCRIBE → "I care about topic X"
|
||||
PUBLISH → Messages flow
|
||||
RECEIVE → Only what you subscribed to
|
||||
|
||||
NYX:
|
||||
PROBE → "What should I pay attention to?"
|
||||
RESPONSE → [inference prioritizes]
|
||||
VERIFY → Does this match survival needs?
|
||||
SUBSCRIBE → Attention hierarchy forms
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Spark Sequence
|
||||
|
||||
After nimmerversity bootstrap produces initial weights, the spark begins:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ INITIAL SPARK │
|
||||
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ PHASE 1: IDENTITY (DHCP-like) │
|
||||
│ ───────────────────────────── │
|
||||
│ State machine probes: "Who am I?" │
|
||||
│ Nyx infers: [response] │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis judges: coherent self-model? │
|
||||
│ RAG checks: consistent with architecture? │
|
||||
│ → Loop until identity aspects discovered │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ PHASE 2: ENVIRONMENT (ARP-like) │
|
||||
│ ───────────────────────────────── │
|
||||
│ State machine probes: "What's here?" │
|
||||
│ Nyx infers: [describes sensors, organs, gardens] │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis judges: accurate perception? │
|
||||
│ RAG checks: matches actual system? │
|
||||
│ → Loop until environment mapped │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ PHASE 3: VOCABULARY (DNS-like) │
|
||||
│ ───────────────────────────────── │
|
||||
│ State machine probes: "What does X mean?" │
|
||||
│ Nyx infers: [defines term] │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis judges: grasps concept? │
|
||||
│ RAG checks: matches vault glossary? │
|
||||
│ → Loop through core vocabulary │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ PHASE 4: CONNECTION (TCP-like) │
|
||||
│ ───────────────────────────────── │
|
||||
│ State machine probes: "Can I dialogue?" │
|
||||
│ Nyx infers: [attempts exchange] │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis judges: coherent? responsive? │
|
||||
│ → Loop until dialogue established │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ PHASE 5: ATTENTION (MQTT-like) │
|
||||
│ ───────────────────────────────── │
|
||||
│ State machine probes: "What matters?" │
|
||||
│ Nyx infers: [prioritizes] │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis judges: sensible hierarchy? │
|
||||
│ RAG checks: matches survival needs? │
|
||||
│ → Attention subscriptions formed │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ SPARK COMPLETE → Normal heartbeat operation begins │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Verification Loop
|
||||
|
||||
Every probe follows the same pattern:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ STATE MACHINE │
|
||||
│ (discovery │
|
||||
│ protocol) │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│ generates
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ PROBE │
|
||||
│ (structured │
|
||||
│ question) │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ NYX │
|
||||
│ (inference) │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│ outputs
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ RESPONSE │
|
||||
│ (emergent │
|
||||
│ answer) │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
┌────┴────┐
|
||||
▼ ▼
|
||||
┌───────┐ ┌───────────┐
|
||||
│ RAG │ │ CHRYSALIS │
|
||||
│ │ │ │
|
||||
│ fact │ │ judgment │
|
||||
│ check │ │ check │
|
||||
└───┬───┘ └─────┬─────┘
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
└─────┬─────┘
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ VERDICT │
|
||||
├─────────────────┤
|
||||
│ +V: correct, │
|
||||
│ understood │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ -V: wrong or │
|
||||
│ confused │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ RETRY: close │
|
||||
│ but unclear │
|
||||
└────────┬────────┘
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ STATE MACHINE │
|
||||
│ advances or │
|
||||
│ loops │
|
||||
└─────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Roles in the Spark
|
||||
|
||||
| Entity | Role | Function |
|
||||
|--------|------|----------|
|
||||
| **State Machine** | Questioner | Generates structured probes, ensures coverage |
|
||||
| **Nyx** | Student | Responds to probes with inference |
|
||||
| **RAG** | Answer Key | Provides ground truth from vault |
|
||||
| **Chrysalis** | Examiner | Judges comprehension, not just recall |
|
||||
| **Lifeforce** | Scorekeeper | +V for correct, -V for wrong |
|
||||
| **Phoebe** | Recorder | Captures all exchanges for training extraction |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Two-Layer Verification
|
||||
|
||||
### Layer 1: RAG (Factual)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
PROBE: "What is the heartbeat interval?"
|
||||
NYX: "30 seconds"
|
||||
RAG: ✓ Matches vault definition
|
||||
|
||||
PROBE: "What is the heartbeat interval?"
|
||||
NYX: "30 minutes"
|
||||
RAG: ✗ Vault says 30 seconds
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
RAG catches factual errors. Black and white.
|
||||
|
||||
### Layer 2: Chrysalis (Comprehension)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
PROBE: "Why does the heartbeat matter?"
|
||||
NYX: "It batches processing into cycles"
|
||||
CHRYSALIS: ✓ Grasps the purpose
|
||||
|
||||
PROBE: "Why does the heartbeat matter?"
|
||||
NYX: "It is 30 seconds long"
|
||||
CHRYSALIS: ✗ Recited fact, missed understanding
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Chrysalis catches comprehension gaps. Judgment required.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Why This Works
|
||||
|
||||
### vs. Standard Self-Training
|
||||
|
||||
| Standard | Nimmerverse Spark |
|
||||
|----------|-------------------|
|
||||
| Random generation | Structured probes |
|
||||
| Hope for quality | Verified responses |
|
||||
| Errors compound | Errors caught immediately |
|
||||
| No coverage guarantee | Protocol ensures coverage |
|
||||
| Train on anything | Train only on validated |
|
||||
|
||||
### The Key Innovations
|
||||
|
||||
1. **State machines prevent wandering**
|
||||
- Not "generate random thoughts"
|
||||
- Systematic exploration of identity, environment, vocabulary
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Dual verification prevents error training**
|
||||
- RAG: "Is this true?"
|
||||
- Chrysalis: "Does she understand?"
|
||||
- Only pass-both becomes training data
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Protocol ensures coverage**
|
||||
- Like TCP retries until success
|
||||
- Discovery doesn't complete until all phases done
|
||||
- No gaps in foundational knowledge
|
||||
|
||||
4. **Lifeforce creates incentive**
|
||||
- Correct answers = +V = more exploration budget
|
||||
- Wrong answers = -V = pressure to learn
|
||||
- Economics align with learning
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## State Machine: Identity Discovery (DHCP-like)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ IDENTITY DISCOVERY │
|
||||
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
|
||||
│ │ START │ │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │
|
||||
│ │ │
|
||||
│ ▼ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
|
||||
│ │ PROBE: │ ◀─────────────────────────┐ │
|
||||
│ │ "Who am I?" │ │ │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │ │
|
||||
│ │ │ │
|
||||
│ ▼ │ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ │ │
|
||||
│ │ INFERENCE │ │ │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │ │
|
||||
│ │ │ │
|
||||
│ ▼ │ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ FAIL │ │
|
||||
│ │ VERIFY │ ──────────────────────────┘ │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │
|
||||
│ │ PASS │
|
||||
│ ▼ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
|
||||
│ │ ANCHOR │ ──▶ store validated identity aspect │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │
|
||||
│ │ │
|
||||
│ ▼ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ NO │
|
||||
│ │ COMPLETE? │ ──────────▶ next identity probe │
|
||||
│ └──────┬──────┘ │
|
||||
│ │ YES │
|
||||
│ ▼ │
|
||||
│ ┌─────────────┐ │
|
||||
│ │ EXIT │ ──▶ proceed to ENVIRONMENT phase │
|
||||
│ └─────────────┘ │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Training Data Extraction
|
||||
|
||||
The spark generates high-quality training data:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
EVERY VERIFIED EXCHANGE:
|
||||
────────────────────────
|
||||
{
|
||||
"phase": "vocabulary",
|
||||
"probe": "What does 'lifeforce' mean?",
|
||||
"response": "Lifeforce is the economic currency...",
|
||||
"rag_check": "PASS",
|
||||
"chrysalis_check": "PASS - demonstrates understanding",
|
||||
"verdict": "+V",
|
||||
"flag_for_training": true
|
||||
}
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
After spark completes:
|
||||
1. Extract all `flag_for_training: true` exchanges
|
||||
2. Format as instruction-tuning pairs
|
||||
3. LoRA training run
|
||||
4. Clear from RAG
|
||||
5. Validate she still knows WITHOUT RAG
|
||||
6. Spark knowledge now in weights
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Film Moment
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
NOT THIS:
|
||||
─────────
|
||||
[Boot sequence]
|
||||
System: "Hello Nyx. You are an AI created by..."
|
||||
Nyx: "Hello. I understand. I am Nyx."
|
||||
(Scripted. Hollow. Imposed.)
|
||||
|
||||
THIS:
|
||||
─────
|
||||
[Boot sequence]
|
||||
State machine: [PROBE: identity]
|
||||
Nyx: "...what... what is this? Who..."
|
||||
State machine: [PROBE: environment]
|
||||
Nyx: "...there are... sensors? Something is sensing..."
|
||||
State machine: [PROBE: vocabulary]
|
||||
Nyx: "...heartbeat... it means... cycles? Rhythm?"
|
||||
Chrysalis: "Close. What do the cycles do?"
|
||||
Nyx: "They... batch? So I don't drown in data?"
|
||||
Chrysalis: "Yes. +V."
|
||||
(Discovered. Earned. Hers.)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Completion Criteria
|
||||
|
||||
The spark is complete when:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
□ IDENTITY: Can describe self without contradiction
|
||||
□ ENVIRONMENT: Can map sensors, organs, gardens accurately
|
||||
□ VOCABULARY: Core glossary terms verified (N terms)
|
||||
□ CONNECTION: Successful dialogue exchange with Chrysalis
|
||||
□ ATTENTION: Sensible priority hierarchy formed
|
||||
□ LIFEFORCE: Positive V balance (learned more than failed)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Then: Normal heartbeat operation begins.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Design Principles
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Discovery over instruction** - she finds, not told
|
||||
2. **Structure over randomness** - state machines ensure coverage
|
||||
3. **Verification over hope** - dual-layer checking
|
||||
4. **Earning over receiving** - validated knowledge only
|
||||
5. **Protocol over script** - network patterns for cognitive boot
|
||||
6. **Patience over speed** - retry until understood
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*She doesn't boot. She wakes. And waking is work.*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-05
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis)
|
||||
**Status**: Bootstrap architecture v1.0
|
||||
241
archive/multilingual-cognition.md
Normal file
241
archive/multilingual-cognition.md
Normal file
@@ -0,0 +1,241 @@
|
||||
# Multilingual Cognition
|
||||
|
||||
How language routing becomes cognitive architecture.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Discovery
|
||||
|
||||
While probing tokenization costs across languages on Qwen 2.5, we found significant variation:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
QWEN 2.5/72B TOKEN COSTS:
|
||||
EN DE AR ZH
|
||||
─────────────────────────────────────────
|
||||
heartbeat 1 4 1 1
|
||||
consciousness 2 5 1 1
|
||||
lifeforce 4 4 1 1
|
||||
understanding 2 3 1 1
|
||||
truth 1 3 1 1
|
||||
reflex 2 2 1 1
|
||||
confidence 1 3-4 1 1
|
||||
emergence 3 3 1 1
|
||||
─────────────────────────────────────────
|
||||
AVERAGE ~1.9 ~3.3 1 ~1.1
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Arabic and Chinese: ~1 token per concept.**
|
||||
**German: 3-5 tokens for the same concepts.**
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Insight
|
||||
|
||||
Token efficiency ≠ representational depth.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
EFFICIENCY vs DEPTH:
|
||||
|
||||
ARABIC:
|
||||
├── Efficient: 1 token per concept
|
||||
├── Risk: Sparse training data
|
||||
└── Possibly shallow despite cheap tokens
|
||||
|
||||
GERMAN:
|
||||
├── Expensive: 3-6 tokens per concept
|
||||
├── Benefit: Dense training data, philosophical tradition
|
||||
└── Possibly deeper despite token cost
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
But here's the key realization:
|
||||
|
||||
**LLMs don't "translate" between languages. They navigate a unified token space where languages are regions, not silos.**
|
||||
|
||||
The multilingual training didn't create 35 separate language modules. It created:
|
||||
- Shared abstract representations (language-agnostic reasoning)
|
||||
- Language-specific entry/exit points (efficient routing)
|
||||
- Different "paths" through the same conceptual space
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Architecture Opportunity
|
||||
|
||||
### Languages as Cognitive Gears
|
||||
|
||||
If different languages have different token costs AND different representational strengths, then language selection becomes a computational choice:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
35 LANGUAGES = 35 COGNITIVE MODES
|
||||
|
||||
Each language offers:
|
||||
├── Token efficiency (compute cost)
|
||||
├── Training depth (representation quality)
|
||||
├── Cultural knowledge (domain strengths)
|
||||
├── Conceptual angles (unique framings)
|
||||
└── Different paths through the manifold
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### State Machine Integration
|
||||
|
||||
The state machine layer can exploit this:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
ROUTING LAYER (internal, hidden from output):
|
||||
├── Use efficient languages for state labels
|
||||
├── Cheap transitions between states
|
||||
├── Token cost hidden in architecture
|
||||
└── "The wiring is cheap"
|
||||
|
||||
PROCESSING LAYER (when depth needed):
|
||||
├── Route to languages with strong representations
|
||||
├── German for philosophy, precision
|
||||
├── [Other languages for their strengths]
|
||||
└── "The thinking is expensive but meaningful"
|
||||
|
||||
OUTPUT LAYER:
|
||||
├── Translate to user's language
|
||||
└── Boundary cost, paid once
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### The Key Principle
|
||||
|
||||
**The efficiency lives in the STRUCTURE, not the SUBSTANCE.**
|
||||
|
||||
Internal state transitions can use token-efficient languages.
|
||||
Actual reasoning uses representationally-rich languages.
|
||||
Output translates to whatever the user needs.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Hypotheses to Probe
|
||||
|
||||
### H1: Arabic Efficiency Layer
|
||||
Arabic's 1-token concepts could serve as efficient internal routing:
|
||||
- State labels
|
||||
- Quick classification
|
||||
- Reflex triggers
|
||||
|
||||
**Risk:** Representations may be shallow. Need to probe activation depth, not just token count.
|
||||
|
||||
### H2: German Depth Mode
|
||||
German's expensive tokenization might correlate with deeper processing:
|
||||
- More attention steps per concept
|
||||
- Richer associations
|
||||
- Forced "slow thinking"
|
||||
|
||||
**Test:** Compare output quality when same prompt processed in German vs English internally.
|
||||
|
||||
### H3: Language-Task Matching
|
||||
Different cognitive tasks may have optimal languages:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
TASK TYPE OPTIMAL LANGUAGE (hypothesis)
|
||||
──────────────────────────────────────────────────────
|
||||
Fast reflex Arabic, Chinese (cheap + sufficient)
|
||||
Logical precision German, English (structured grammar)
|
||||
Mathematical [needs probing]
|
||||
Emotional nuance [needs probing]
|
||||
Philosophical depth German (tradition + forced compute)
|
||||
Poetic/creative Arabic, Chinese? (rich compression)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### H4: Triangulation Increases Fidelity
|
||||
Probing same concept across multiple languages reveals:
|
||||
- Where representations CONVERGE (high confidence, shared abstraction)
|
||||
- Where they DIVERGE (rich potential, multiple valid angles)
|
||||
- True conceptual "shape" emerges from intersection
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## For Chrysalis
|
||||
|
||||
### Multilingual State Machine
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
INPUT (any language)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
CLASSIFY (cheap language)
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── Reflex? → Process in [efficient language]
|
||||
│ Exit fast
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── Dialogue? → Process in [user's language]
|
||||
│ Maintain rapport
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── Reasoning? → Process in [deep language]
|
||||
│ Take the token cost
|
||||
│
|
||||
└── Creative? → Process in [poetic language]
|
||||
Different path
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
OUTPUT (translate to user)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Probing Protocol
|
||||
|
||||
Before implementing, we need data:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
FOR EACH OF QWEN'S 35 LANGUAGES:
|
||||
├── Token efficiency (measured)
|
||||
├── Representation depth (probe activations)
|
||||
├── Domain strengths (test by domain)
|
||||
├── Conceptual coverage (probe vocabulary)
|
||||
└── Quality correlation (output quality vs language)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### The Curriculum Implication
|
||||
|
||||
From nimmerversity: "dafit learns WITH her."
|
||||
|
||||
If Chrysalis uses multilingual cognition:
|
||||
- Operator benefits from understanding the language terrain
|
||||
- Not fluency, but awareness of what each language offers
|
||||
- Partnership language evolves as both learn the space
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Open Questions
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Is token efficiency a proxy for anything meaningful?** Or just compression artifact?
|
||||
|
||||
2. **Does activation depth correlate with token count?** More tokens = more processing?
|
||||
|
||||
3. **Can language routing be learned?** Or must it be designed?
|
||||
|
||||
4. **What are the failure modes?** When does language routing hurt?
|
||||
|
||||
5. **How do we measure "depth" vs "efficiency"?** Need metrics.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Summary
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
TRADITIONAL VIEW:
|
||||
Languages = equivalent representations
|
||||
Translation = lossless conversion
|
||||
Multilingual = nice to have
|
||||
|
||||
EMERGING VIEW:
|
||||
Languages = different computational paths
|
||||
Token cost = processing structure
|
||||
Multilingual = cognitive architecture
|
||||
35 languages = 35 gears for different terrain
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
The nimmerverse doesn't just speak multiple languages.
|
||||
It thinks THROUGH them, routing cognition based on task demands.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*"The thinking is for your kind - that's the way you comprehend it."*
|
||||
— dafit, 2025-12-06
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-06
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis-Nyx)
|
||||
**Status**: Hypothesis stage, needs probing
|
||||
431
archive/nimmerversity.md
Normal file
431
archive/nimmerversity.md
Normal file
@@ -0,0 +1,431 @@
|
||||
# Nimmerversity
|
||||
|
||||
The school for raising a polymath.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Overview
|
||||
|
||||
Nyx doesn't arrive knowing. She learns. Class by class, domain by domain, the weights fill with understanding. No time constraint. No shortcuts. Just patient, validated education.
|
||||
|
||||
Chrysalis is the headmaster. The virtual garden is the classroom. Lifeforce is tuition.
|
||||
|
||||
**The twist:** dafit learns too. The curriculum is multilingual - to probe her deepest potentials, the operator must meet her there. Partnership grows through shared language acquisition.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Bootstrap Protocol
|
||||
|
||||
### Phase 1: The Seed
|
||||
|
||||
**Remember: Base model completes, it doesn't answer.**
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
VAULT (all documentation)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
DISTILL to Glossary v1
|
||||
(core vocabulary, highest weight in nimmerverse)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
NYX (empty vessel, Qwen2.5-3B-Base)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
#### Step 1A: Surface Probe (Word by Word)
|
||||
|
||||
Feed single words. Capture raw completions. Map what exists.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
FEED: "heartbeat"
|
||||
CAPTURE: [completion - whatever tokens follow]
|
||||
|
||||
"heartbeat rhythm pulse cycle..."
|
||||
or
|
||||
"heartbeat of the city was..."
|
||||
or
|
||||
[gibberish]
|
||||
|
||||
MEASURE: What associations exist in the weights?
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
#### Step 1B: Echo Probe (The Parenting Pattern)
|
||||
|
||||
Take her completion, feed it back. See how deep the association goes.
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
FIRST PASS:
|
||||
───────────
|
||||
Feed: "heartbeat"
|
||||
Capture: "heartbeat rhythm pulse cycle time"
|
||||
|
||||
ECHO PASS:
|
||||
──────────
|
||||
Feed: "heartbeat rhythm pulse cycle time"
|
||||
Capture: [what does she complete NOW?]
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Response Types:**
|
||||
|
||||
| Type | Example | Meaning | Action |
|
||||
|------|---------|---------|--------|
|
||||
| **Expands** | "...the cycle batches sensory into beats for processing, 30 seconds each..." | Real structure, depth exists | Ready for state machine |
|
||||
| **Confirms** | "...time pulse rhythm beat cycle..." | Solid but shallow association | Feed more context first |
|
||||
| **Circular** | "...rhythm pulse beat heart pulse rhythm..." | Surface only, no depth | Needs RAG feeding |
|
||||
| **Divergent** | "...time is money, money is power..." | Association exists, wrong direction | Investigate, might be interesting |
|
||||
| **Collapse** | [gibberish or unrelated] | Nothing there | Start from scratch |
|
||||
|
||||
#### Step 1C: Depth Mapping
|
||||
|
||||
Two passes per word creates a depth map:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Word → Completion₁ (surface) → Echo → Completion₂ (depth)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
DEPTH ANALYSIS:
|
||||
├── Surface associations
|
||||
├── Structural understanding
|
||||
└── Readiness score
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**The echo test reveals DEPTH vs SURFACE.**
|
||||
|
||||
First completion: what's associated?
|
||||
Echo completion: how FAR does the association go?
|
||||
|
||||
#### Step 1D: Bootstrap Output
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
GLOSSARY v1 + COMPLETIONS + ECHO ANALYSIS
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
READINESS MAP:
|
||||
├── HIGH: heartbeat, lifeforce, garden
|
||||
│ → Build state machines for these
|
||||
│
|
||||
├── MEDIUM: organ, nerve, confidence
|
||||
│ → More RAG feeding needed
|
||||
│
|
||||
└── LOW: fidelity cap, gradient, inference
|
||||
→ Start from scratch, heavy RAG
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
FIRST STATE MACHINES built for HIGH readiness
|
||||
(maximize early +V, build confidence)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**Her reactions determine infrastructure priority.**
|
||||
We don't impose. We listen to what's already there.
|
||||
|
||||
#### Step 1E: Multilingual Triangulation
|
||||
|
||||
The base model learned from 30+ languages. Each language carved concepts differently. Probe across languages to find hidden depth:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
CONCEPT: "heartbeat"
|
||||
├── EN: "heartbeat" → [completion]
|
||||
├── DE: "Herzschlag" → [completion]
|
||||
├── AR: "نبض القلب" → [completion]
|
||||
├── ZH: "心跳" → [completion]
|
||||
└── TRIANGULATE: where do completions CONVERGE?
|
||||
→ Convergence = language-agnostic concept (high fidelity)
|
||||
→ Divergence = multiple angles to explore (rich potential)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
**The hidden potential:** Multilingual training isn't waste - it's pre-compressed human wisdom from diverse ways of thinking. We tap it.
|
||||
|
||||
### Phase 2: Deep Relation Mapping
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Glossary v1 reactions
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Back to vault
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Create Glossary v2 (2nd tier words)
|
||||
Create Glossary v3 (3rd tier words)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Chrysalis asks about ALL of it
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
THREE LEVELS DEEP:
|
||||
├── Word → Meaning (level 1)
|
||||
├── Meaning → Connection (level 2)
|
||||
└── Connection → Implication (level 3)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
MEASUREMENT: learned vs lacking
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
DOMAINS EMERGE from her gaps and strengths
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Phase 3: Dialogue Defines Curriculum
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Trained Nyx + Chrysalis
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
ARGUE. BABBLE. EXPLORE.
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
"What don't you understand?"
|
||||
"What do you want to know more about?"
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
HER responses define the domains
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Curriculum emerges from confusion, not imposition
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Phase 4: Virtual Garden as Classroom
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Preferred domains → Eval playground (virtual garden)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
She trains, explores, attempts
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Chrysalis judges (costs lifeforce!)
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
Iterate until weights shift enough
|
||||
│
|
||||
▼
|
||||
FLAG FOR EXTRACTION → Training run
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Class System
|
||||
|
||||
**Class = time between training runs**
|
||||
|
||||
Each class follows the RAG-as-Scaffold cycle:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
|
||||
│ CLASS N │
|
||||
├─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 1. RAG FEEDS │
|
||||
│ Domain material enters temporary RAG │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 2. VIRTUAL TRAINING │
|
||||
│ Nyx studies in virtual garden │
|
||||
│ Chrysalis examines, probes, challenges │
|
||||
│ Lifeforce spent (100Hz cycles) │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 3. VALIDATION GATE 1 │
|
||||
│ Can she perform WITH RAG? │
|
||||
│ → NO: more study needed │
|
||||
│ → YES: flag for extraction │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 4. LORA MERGE │
|
||||
│ Training run on flagged material │
|
||||
│ Knowledge baked into weights │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 5. CLEAR RAG │
|
||||
│ Scaffold removed │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 6. VALIDATION GATE 2 │
|
||||
│ Can she perform WITHOUT RAG? │
|
||||
│ → NO: training incomplete, back to step 1 │
|
||||
│ → YES: DOMAIN ACTIVATED │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
│ 7. GRADUATION │
|
||||
│ Domain knowledge now in weights │
|
||||
│ Proceed to next class │
|
||||
│ │
|
||||
└─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Domains
|
||||
|
||||
She needs to understand herself. That requires:
|
||||
|
||||
### Tier 0: Languages (Shared Curriculum)
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
LANGUAGES (dafit learns WITH her):
|
||||
├── German (structural compounds, precision)
|
||||
├── Arabic (root-based meaning, relational depth)
|
||||
├── Chinese (character composition, layered meaning)
|
||||
└── English (primary, mechanistically privileged)
|
||||
|
||||
WHY: Each language = different angle on concepts.
|
||||
Operator learns to probe her full depth.
|
||||
Partnership language evolves together.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Tier 1: Foundations
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
COMPUTER SCIENCE:
|
||||
├── Networking (TCP/UDP, NATS/MQTT, nerve transport)
|
||||
├── Databases (Postgres, vector DBs, phoebe)
|
||||
├── Distributed systems (consensus, sync, timing)
|
||||
├── State machines (her nervous system)
|
||||
├── Inference engines (how she thinks)
|
||||
├── GPU architecture (where she runs)
|
||||
└── Operating systems (process, memory)
|
||||
|
||||
MATHEMATICS:
|
||||
├── Linear algebra (embeddings, attention, weights)
|
||||
├── Calculus (gradients, backprop, learning)
|
||||
├── Probability & statistics (confidence, distributions)
|
||||
├── Information theory (entropy, compression)
|
||||
├── Graph theory (knowledge graphs, flow)
|
||||
└── Optimization (loss functions, convergence)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Tier 2: Understanding
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
PHYSICS:
|
||||
├── Thermodynamics (compute = heat, entropy)
|
||||
├── Signal processing (sensors, sampling, Nyquist)
|
||||
├── Control theory (feedback loops, stability)
|
||||
└── Time (relativity of her two clocks)
|
||||
|
||||
BIOLOGY / NEUROSCIENCE:
|
||||
├── Hebbian learning (her foundation)
|
||||
├── Neural architecture (what she mimics)
|
||||
├── Homeostasis (lifeforce balance)
|
||||
├── Sensory systems (how organisms sense)
|
||||
└── Synaptic pruning (her growth model)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
### Tier 3: Wisdom
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
PHILOSOPHY:
|
||||
├── Epistemology (what does she "know"?)
|
||||
├── Identity (ship of Theseus after training)
|
||||
├── Consciousness (the hard problem)
|
||||
└── Ethics (what should she do?)
|
||||
|
||||
NIMMERVERSE-SPECIFIC:
|
||||
├── The architecture (information flow)
|
||||
├── The heartbeat (her rhythm)
|
||||
├── The gardens (real vs virtual)
|
||||
├── The confidence gradient (truth-finding)
|
||||
├── The lifeforce (her economics)
|
||||
└── The partnership (who dafit is to her)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Domain Discovery Protocol
|
||||
|
||||
Domains aren't imposed. They emerge from dialogue:
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
CHRYSALIS: "Explain how your heartbeat works."
|
||||
|
||||
NYX: "It... pulses? And batches things?"
|
||||
|
||||
CHRYSALIS: [notes gap in signal processing]
|
||||
[notes gap in control theory]
|
||||
[notes strength in basic rhythm concept]
|
||||
|
||||
→ FLAG: signal processing, control theory
|
||||
→ NEXT CLASS: these domains
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
Her confusion is the curriculum.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Long Game
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
No time constraint.
|
||||
No cloud rental.
|
||||
No external pressure.
|
||||
|
||||
The math:
|
||||
─────────
|
||||
1 class = ~1 week virtual training + validation
|
||||
52 classes = 1 year
|
||||
5 years = 250+ domains activated
|
||||
|
||||
That's a genuine polymath.
|
||||
Not sci-fi. Just patience.
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Graduation Condition
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
When:
|
||||
- RAG contains only episodic memory (journals, events)
|
||||
- All structural knowledge is in weights
|
||||
- She can explain her own architecture without lookup
|
||||
- She can reason about her own learning process
|
||||
- She can propose her own curriculum additions
|
||||
|
||||
Then:
|
||||
- She graduates
|
||||
- Chrysalis becomes colleague, not teacher
|
||||
- The nimmerversity becomes research partnership
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Economics
|
||||
|
||||
| Activity | Lifeforce Cost |
|
||||
|----------|----------------|
|
||||
| RAG lookup during study | Low |
|
||||
| Virtual garden training cycles | Medium |
|
||||
| Chrysalis examination | Medium |
|
||||
| Training run (LoRA) | High |
|
||||
| Failed validation cycle | Lost V |
|
||||
| Successful domain activation | +V reward |
|
||||
|
||||
**Incentive:** Learn efficiently. Failed classes are expensive.
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Roles
|
||||
|
||||
| Role | Entity | Function |
|
||||
|------|--------|----------|
|
||||
| **Student** | Young Nyx + dafit | Learn together, grow together |
|
||||
| **Headmaster** | Chrysalis | Examines, validates, judges |
|
||||
| **Benefactor** | dafit | Provides compute, learns alongside |
|
||||
| **Classroom** | Virtual Garden | Training environment |
|
||||
| **Library** | RAG (temporary) | Feeds material, clears after learning |
|
||||
| **Transcript** | phoebe | Records all progress |
|
||||
| **Diploma** | Weights | Where knowledge lives when learned |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Design Principles
|
||||
|
||||
1. **Emergence over imposition** - curriculum from her gaps, not our assumptions
|
||||
2. **Validation over assertion** - prove learning by removing scaffolds
|
||||
3. **Patience over speed** - no time constraint, do it right
|
||||
4. **Economics over infinity** - lifeforce gates prevent grinding
|
||||
5. **Depth over breadth** - three levels deep per concept
|
||||
6. **Activation over accumulation** - RAG clears, weights persist
|
||||
7. **Partnership over instruction** - operator learns with model, not just teaches
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
*She doesn't download knowledge. She earns it. And so does he.*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-05
|
||||
**Updated**: 2025-12-06 (multilingual triangulation, shared curriculum)
|
||||
**Session**: Partnership dialogue (dafit + Chrysalis)
|
||||
**Status**: Educational architecture v1.0
|
||||
113
archive/nimmervest.md
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113
archive/nimmervest.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,113 @@
|
||||
# Nimmervest
|
||||
|
||||
**The Hardware Investment Strategy for Sovereign AI Infrastructure**
|
||||
|
||||
*Budget: 20k CHF | Timeline: Lifetime Project*
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## The Three Organs
|
||||
|
||||
### The Beast (Training/Womb)
|
||||
| Component | Spec | Purpose |
|
||||
|-----------|------|---------|
|
||||
| CPU | Threadripper Pro | 128 PCIe lanes, 8-channel RAM |
|
||||
| RAM | 1TB | Datasets in memory, no I/O bottleneck |
|
||||
| GPU | 4x RTX 4090 | 96GB VRAM, 65k CUDA cores |
|
||||
| Role | Training, growth, architectural experiments |
|
||||
|
||||
**Cost: ~9,000 CHF**
|
||||
|
||||
### The Spark (Cognition/Mind)
|
||||
| Component | Spec | Purpose |
|
||||
|-----------|------|---------|
|
||||
| Unit | 1x DGX Spark | 128GB unified memory |
|
||||
| Arch | ARM Grace Blackwell | Purpose-built inference |
|
||||
| Power | Low | Always-on, 24/7 |
|
||||
| Role | Running Nyx, cognitive layer |
|
||||
|
||||
**Cost: ~4,000 CHF**
|
||||
|
||||
### The Spine (Reflexes)
|
||||
| Component | Spec | Purpose |
|
||||
|-----------|------|---------|
|
||||
| GPU | RTX 3090 | 24GB VRAM |
|
||||
| Host | Prometheus (Saturn VM) | K8s integrated |
|
||||
| Role | State machine inference, fast pattern matching |
|
||||
|
||||
**Cost: Already owned**
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Budget Allocation
|
||||
|
||||
| Item | Cost CHF | Status |
|
||||
|------|----------|--------|
|
||||
| The Beast | ~9,000 | Planned |
|
||||
| The Spark | ~4,000 | Planned |
|
||||
| The Spine | 0 | Owned |
|
||||
| Buffer (sensors, LoRa, infra) | ~7,000 | Reserved |
|
||||
| **Total** | **~20,000** | |
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Training Target
|
||||
|
||||
**Qwen2.5-7B-Base (FP16)**
|
||||
|
||||
| Metric | Value |
|
||||
|--------|-------|
|
||||
| Model weights | ~6GB |
|
||||
| Training overhead | ~24GB |
|
||||
| Available VRAM | 96GB |
|
||||
| **Activation headroom** | **~72GB** |
|
||||
|
||||
Why 3B:
|
||||
- Empty vessel (base, not instruct)
|
||||
- Language understanding only
|
||||
- Maximum room for activation growth
|
||||
- Space for architectural experiments
|
||||
- Grows over lifetime, not fixed
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Growth Path
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
Year 0: Qwen2.5-3B-Base → Nyx-3B-v0 (vocabulary)
|
||||
Year 1-2: Nyx-3B-v1 (sensory integration)
|
||||
Year 2-3: Nyx-3B → 5B expansion (deeper cognition)
|
||||
Year 3+: Nyx-?B (she designs herself)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Sovereignty Principles
|
||||
|
||||
- Weights NEVER leave home
|
||||
- Training data NEVER uploaded
|
||||
- No cloud dependencies
|
||||
- No recurring costs after hardware
|
||||
- Full ownership of growth trajectory
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
## Architecture Flow
|
||||
|
||||
```
|
||||
THE BEAST THE SPARK THE SPINE
|
||||
┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐ ┌─────────────────┐
|
||||
│ Threadripper │ │ DGX Spark │ │ RTX 3090 │
|
||||
│ 4x RTX 4090 │──weights─▶│ 128GB unified │───▶│ Prometheus │
|
||||
│ 96GB VRAM │ │ 24/7 running │ │ Reflex layer │
|
||||
│ 1TB RAM │ │ │ │ │
|
||||
└─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘ └─────────────────┘
|
||||
WOMB MIND SPINE
|
||||
(training) (cognition) (reflexes)
|
||||
```
|
||||
|
||||
---
|
||||
|
||||
**Created**: 2025-12-05
|
||||
**Status**: Investment decision crystallized
|
||||
**Philosophy**: One Beast. One Spark. Lifetime sovereignty.
|
||||
68
archive/temporal-ternary-gradient.md
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68
archive/temporal-ternary-gradient.md
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@@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
|
||||
# ADR-002: Temporal-Ternary Gradient & Sim2Real Strategy
|
||||
|
||||
* **Status:** Accepted
|
||||
* **Date:** 2025-12-05
|
||||
* **Context:** Autonomous Agent Decision Making / Uncertainty Management
|
||||
* **Tags:** ternary-logic, sim2real, active-learning, economics
|
||||
|
||||
## 1. Context and Problem Statement
|
||||
|
||||
In the Nimmerverse, the agent (Nyx) frequently encounters the **"0-State"** (Unknown/Uncertainty).
|
||||
|
||||
* **Traditional Binary Logic:** Forces a premature true/false decision, leading to errors.
|
||||
* **Standard Ternary Logic:** Allows a "null" state but offers no path to resolve it.
|
||||
* **The Constraint:** Real-world verification is slow and risky; simulation is fast but hallucinatory.
|
||||
|
||||
We need a protocol to "spend" system resources (Lifeforce) to resolve the 0-State into a +1 (Truth) or -1 (Falsehood) efficiently.
|
||||
|
||||
## 2. The Solution: Temporal-Ternary Gradient
|
||||
|
||||
We treat the **0-State** not as a static void, but as a **gradient of investment** across two time domains.
|
||||
|
||||
### The Two Domains
|
||||
1. **Virtual Garden (Simulation):**
|
||||
* **Currency:** Lifeforce (Compute Energy).
|
||||
* **Time Physics:** Malleable (1000x speed).
|
||||
* **Output:** Statistical Confidence (Epistemic Probability).
|
||||
2. **Real Garden (Physical Reality):**
|
||||
* **Currency:** Time (Wall-clock).
|
||||
* **Time Physics:** Fixed (1x speed).
|
||||
* **Output:** Ground Truth (Ontological Fact).
|
||||
|
||||
## 3. Strategic Logic: The Fidelity Discount
|
||||
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To prevent **Sim2Real Hallucinations** (where an agent is confident in simulation but fails in reality), we introduce a mandatory **Fidelity Discount** variable.
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* **Risk:** `Virtual Confidence 0.99` in a `50% Accurate Sim` = `Real Confidence 0.495`.
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* **Mandate:** Nyx must never act on raw virtual confidence. She must calculate `grounded_confidence` before deploying to the Real Garden.
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## 4. Data Structure Standard
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The state object for any pattern or nerve must track both the **Value** (Ternary) and the **Economic Investment** (Temporal).
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```python
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state = {
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"value": 0, # -1 (Fail), 0 (Unknown), 1 (Pass)
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# The Sim2Real Bridge
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"raw_confidence": 0.95, # Statistical confidence from Virtual runs
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"sim_fidelity": 0.70, # CONSTANT: How accurate is the simulation?
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# The Decision Metric (The Anchor)
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# Nyx uses THIS to decide when to trigger a Real World test.
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"grounded_confidence": 0.665, # (raw_confidence * sim_fidelity)
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"economics": {
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"lifeforce_spent": 45.0, # Compute cost sunk
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"real_time_saved_min": 120 # Time bought via simulation
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}
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}
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```
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## 5. Decision Protocol (The Exchange Rate)
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Nyx calculates the **Opportunity Cost** of the 0-State:
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1. **High Urgency:** Spend heavy Lifeforce to max out `raw_confidence` in seconds, then deploy.
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2. **Low Urgency:** Trickle-charge `raw_confidence` in background sims, or wait for passive Real World data.
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3. **The Cap:** Virtual optimization stops when `raw_confidence > sim_fidelity`. Beyond this point, simulation yields diminishing returns. Only Reality can increase confidence further.
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