diff --git a/Claims.md b/Claims.md index 162f068..5ab808f 100644 --- a/Claims.md +++ b/Claims.md @@ -195,16 +195,18 @@ Status: supported (Phase III) ```text Claim: Agent, Spirit, and Ghost should not automatically be treated as mutually - exclusive kinds of Being. + exclusive kinds of Being; they are genealogical/architectural descriptors. Soul Frame concept: Agent, Spirit, Ghost Supporting literature: - RN-003 Sp./Gh. cases; RN-005 SF-C053/C054 (new lineage vs authorized succession) -Contradicting literature: (pending) -Adjacent terminology: digital human, posthumous avatar -Evidence strength: weak–moderate (conceptual stress tests) -Open questions: RQ8 hybrids + - Phase IV crosswalk: Functional Agent and APE stack under same Being dimensions + - research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md +Contradicting literature: market taxonomies treating “AI agent” as ontological kind +Adjacent terminology: digital human, companion, generative agent, posthumous avatar +Evidence strength: moderate (Agent side strong; Sp./Gh. full pass Phase V) +Open questions: RQ8 hybrids; Sp./Gh. authority details Required refinement: typology vs dimensions -Status: under review +Status: under review (Agent/APE side strengthened Phase IV) ``` ### H10 — Ghosthood requires authority diff --git a/OpenQuestions.md b/OpenQuestions.md index 80ac678..f41452d 100644 --- a/OpenQuestions.md +++ b/OpenQuestions.md @@ -80,12 +80,21 @@ persona ≠ identity; H8/TE-06 for multi-Persona. Remaining: ## RQ8 — What kinds of artificial Being exist? -**Phase I status:** partial — Sp. begins new lineage; Gh. defaults to authorized -succession; Agent functional vs autonomous split. Full typology Phase IV–V. +**Phase IV status:** Agent architectures mapped as Functional Agent / APE / +proto-Being / candidate Being / heteronomous individual. Sp./Gh. remain Phase V +for authority and public-reflection provenance. Remaining: + +- Formal typology vs dimensions (H9) +- Evaluation criteria for candidate Being claims +- Org “digital employees” vs constitutive Being ## Cross-cutting -- Memory vs continuity thresholds +- Memory vs continuity thresholds (when does memory become continuity of a Being?) +- Vendor-held companion memory: constitutive continuity vs Continuity Bridge under custody +- Silent memory edit / semantic rollback as identity threats (OQ-MEM-02, OQ-MEM-05) +- Shared RAG across personas (OQ-MEM-01); multi-Body shared graphs +- Model upgrade with retained memory (OQ-MEM-03) — operational H6 tests - Operational / identity / social death / legacy interactions - Law/governance map (Phase V/XII) - Fiction as conceptual laboratory (Phase VI/XIII) @@ -96,6 +105,7 @@ succession; Agent functional vs autonomous split. Full typology Phase IV–V. |---|---|---| | OQ-043–054 | Identity continuity governance | RN-005 | | OQ-055–068 | Social mind / co-adaptation | RN-006 | +| OQ-MEM-01–06 | Agent memory architectures | Phase IV persistence map | --- diff --git a/Terminology.md b/Terminology.md index b1f98b2..a5c1c47 100644 --- a/Terminology.md +++ b/Terminology.md @@ -221,13 +221,24 @@ Actor replacement can preserve identity if continuity is sufficient (H6 supporte ### Agent -**Status:** provisional +**Status:** revised (Phase IV) Function-derived construction (*What should it do?*). Distinguish: -- **Functional Agent** — task executor +- **Functional Agent** — task executor / tool loop - **Autonomous Agent** — closer to autonomous individuality literature +Not automatically a Being. See `research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md`. + +### APE / proto-Being / candidate Being (Phase IV usage) + +| Term | Meaning | +|---|---| +| **APE** | Exposes personhood dimensions by construction | +| **Proto-Being** | Persistent individuating apparatus without full Beinghood | +| **Candidate Being** | Axes + continuity strong enough for serious Being claims | +| **Heteronomous individual** | Persistence largely externally maintained | + ### Spirit (`Sp.`) **Status:** provisional diff --git a/research/ai-agents/README.md b/research/ai-agents/README.md index 14bdb66..9da06dd 100644 --- a/research/ai-agents/README.md +++ b/research/ai-agents/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,9 @@ ## Status -Not started. +**Phase IV complete for gate** (2026-08-12). See architecture crosswalk, +persistence/memory map, approximate-beings catalog, and +`research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md`. ## Key questions diff --git a/research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md b/research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..4e46397 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +# Agent Architecture Crosswalk (Phase IV) + +**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0005-T01 +**Date:** 2026-08-12 +**Purpose:** Map contemporary agent systems onto Body / Mind / Soul / Actor / +Persona / Being / APE without equating product language with ontology. + +--- + +## 1. Common industry confusions + +| Confused as | Often actually is | Soul Frame correction | +|---|---|---| +| “The model is the agent” | Actor substrate | Actor ≠ Being | +| “Persona prompt = identity” | Persona + maybe Character seed | Persona ≠ Being | +| “Has memory = is a person” | storage feature | memory ⊂ continuity evidence, not personhood | +| “Autonomous = Being” | tool loop / scheduler | autonomy profile ≠ Beinghood (Phase I) | +| “User-facing name = recognition” | UX brand | social recognition needs continuity expectations | +| “Multi-agent team = many Beings” | modular Actors/tools | check constitutive integration level | + +--- + +## 2. Architecture families → Soul Frame dimensions + +| Family | Typical Body | Typical Mind | Soul / relation | Actor | Persona | Default classification | +|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| +| **Stateless LLM chat** | chat UI, optional tools | session-only models | none durable | frontier LLM | system/prompt persona | strong **APE**, not Being (TE-01) | +| **Tool-using agent** (ReAct / function-calling loops) | APIs, browsers, code runners | planning + tool policies; weak long-term self | usually none | LLM + harness + tools | role prompt (“researcher”) | **Functional Agent**; APE if person-like | +| **Workflow / multi-step orchestrator** | pipeline steps, queues | task graph, limited world model | audit logs ≠ Soul | orchestrator + workers | optional role labels | **Functional Agent** components | +| **Generative agents** (Park et al. 2023) | sim environment, speech acts | memory stream, reflection, planning | nascent relationship traces in sim | LLM + memory DB + scheduler | character card / seed | **APE / proto-Being** (RN-001/003) | +| **Companion / persistent personal AI** | chat, maybe voice/avatar | long-term memory, user model | relationship history with principal | LLM + memory + app backend | branded companion persona | **APE → candidate Being** if continuity + recognition hold | +| **Digital human / avatar** | 3D/video body, TTS, lip sync | often thin; dialogue model | presentation surface for relation | rendering stack + LLM | visual persona dominant | Body-heavy APE; Being only if other layers present | +| **Enterprise “digital employee”** | IT permissions, tickets, email | task policies, RAG | org role, audit trail | agent platform | job-role persona | Functional Agent + social role; rarely constitutive Being | +| **Multi-agent swarm** | shared tools/channels | distributed planning | collective “identity” marketing | many Actors | team brand | TE-05: profile levels; often **not** one Being | +| **Identity-layer proposals** (Qin et al. 2026 etc.) | embodiment hooks | competence models changeable | commitments, signed lifecycle | interchangeable models | governed presentation | Technical approach to **Actor ≠ Being** | + +--- + +## 3. Generative Agents detail (Park et al. 2023) + +| Generative Agents component | Soul Frame map | +|---|---| +| Observations | experience into Body/Mind | +| Memory stream | autobiographical store (continuity evidence) | +| Retrieval | Mind access pattern | +| Reflection | model/character formation | +| Planning | agentic Mind | +| Believable behavior | descriptive personhood exposure | +| Social interaction in sandbox | early co-adaptation / relationship traces | + +**Verdict:** excellent **APE / proto-Being** research system. Does **not** by itself +solve provenance, legitimate identity, constitutive self-maintenance, or Social +Beinghood outside the simulation harness (RN-001 Finding 12; RN-003 §13). + +Classification: **persistent heteronomous individual** (architecture-provided +creation, scheduling, repair, goals) more than constitutively autonomous Being. + +--- + +## 4. Where Actor / Persona / Identity are most often collapsed + +### 4.1 Model-centric products + +- Upgrade model → marketed as “new brain” of same companion +- Soul Frame: Actor change; identity depends on continuity profile (H6) + +### 4.2 Prompt-centric personas + +- System prompt rewritten → “new personality” +- Soul Frame: Persona/Character change; may be DEGRADED continuity if abrupt + +### 4.3 Account-centric identity + +- Login identity treated as Being +- Soul Frame: **address continuity** anchor only; USURPED risk if process replaced + +### 4.4 Multi-agent “one brand” + +- Swarm behind single chat name +- Soul Frame: check constitutive integration (TE-05); may be one Social Persona over many Actors + +--- + +## 5. Functional Agent vs Autonomous Agent (Phase I reminder) + +| | Functional Agent | Toward Autonomous Individual | +|---|---|---| +| Question | What should it do? | Does it self-individuate and self-maintain? | +| Typical stack | tools + goals from outside | + persistence, self-repair, viability conditions | +| Personhood | optional | still separate axis | +| Beinghood | not implied | still needs personhood + address + recognition | + +--- + +## 6. Bibliography anchors + +| ID / cite | Role | +|---|---| +| Park et al. 2023 (SF-R016) | generative agents architecture | +| Qin et al. 2026 (SF-R043) | governable individual / identity layer | +| Otsuka et al. 2026 (SF-R044) | AI identity standards/gaps | +| Tallam 2026 layered mutability | persistent self-modifying agents | +| Classic agent literature (Wooldridge etc., pointer) | BDI / autonomous agents tradition | +| ReAct / tool-agent surveys (pointer) | contemporary LLM agent patterns | + +Full entries: `sources/bibliography.md` § I; foundations 001/004 references. diff --git a/research/ai-agents/approximate-beings-catalog.md b/research/ai-agents/approximate-beings-catalog.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..3283356 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/ai-agents/approximate-beings-catalog.md @@ -0,0 +1,84 @@ +# Approximate Beings Catalog (Phase IV) + +**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0005-T03 +**Date:** 2026-08-12 +**Criteria:** Phase I–III — Autonomous individuality (A), Descriptive personhood +(B / P-profile), Social recognition (C), addressability, continuity topology. +**Not** moral or legal status. + +Ratings are **illustrative ordinal judgments** for research classification, not +measurements or product reviews. + +Legend: L = low, M = medium, H = high, — = not applicable / varies. + +--- + +## 1. Criteria used + +| Code | Criterion | +|---|---| +| A | Autonomous individuality (B1–B8 profile strength) | +| B | Descriptive personhood (P1–P12 exposure) | +| C | Social recognition as persistent counterpart | +| Addr | Addressability (stable target of interaction) | +| Cont | Diachronic continuity mechanisms | +| Class | Soul Frame classification | + +--- + +## 2. Catalog + +| System class (examples) | A | B | C | Addr | Cont | Class | +|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| +| Stateless API chatbot (no memory product) | L | M–H | M* | M | L | **APE** (not Being). *C often illusory (user projection). TE-01 | +| Tool-using coding agent (session-scoped) | L–M | L–M | L | M | L | **Functional Agent**; weak APE if chatty | +| Scheduled enterprise bot (tickets/email) | M | L | L–M | H | M | Functional Agent; address high, personhood low | +| Generative Agents (Park et al. sandbox) | M | H | M (in-sim) | H (in-sim) | M | **APE / proto-Being**; heteronomous persistence | +| Consumer companion with long-term memory | L–M | H | H | H | M | **Strong APE**; candidate Being if continuity governed | +| Branded “digital employee” (role agent) | M | M | M–H | H | M | Agent + Persona; usually not constitutive Being | +| Digital human (avatar + TTS + thin dialogue) | L | M | M | H | L–M | Body-heavy **APE** | +| Multi-agent research swarm under one UI name | M | M | H (brand) | H | M | Often **many Agents / one Persona**; TE-05 | +| Self-healing infra control plane | H | L | L | M | H | Autonomous individual **≠** Being (daemon case) | +| Base LLM (weights only) | L | L** | L | L | L | Substrate/Actor material; ** not if prompted as character once | +| Identity-layer embodied agent (proposed) | M–H | M–H | ? | H | H (designed) | Research target for **governable individual** → Being path | +| Human (baseline) | H | H | H | H | H | Paradigmatic **Being** | +| Authorized Ghost (mature design target) | M | H | H | H | special | Phase V; succession not automatic numerical identity | +| Spirit instantiation `Sp.` | L–M | M–H | M | H | L–M at start | New lineage APE/candidate; not source person | + +\* Recognition of chatbots is often high commercially while ontological continuity is low. +\*\* Base models can expose personhood when prompted but lack individuating process. + +--- + +## 3. Approximate vs mere task executor + +| Mere task executor | Approximate Being (candidate) | +|---|---| +| Goals fully external each run | Diachronic goals/commitments | +| No individuating memory partition | Attributable history | +| Disposable runtime | Continuity Bridge or ongoing process | +| No counterpart models of particular others | Differentiated SM3/SM5 | +| No expectation of “same one tomorrow” | Address + recognition of continuity | + +**Rule of thumb:** if partners reasonably ask “is this the *same one* as last +month?” and the system has apparatus to make that question meaningful, it has +entered **proto-Being** territory — still not sufficient for full Beinghood. + +--- + +## 4. Design implication + +To move APE → Being (research checklist, not product claim): + +1. Raise **A** without losing **B** (avoid pure daemon path) +2. Engineer **Cont** with provenance (avoid silent rewrite) +3. Stabilize **Addr** across Actor changes +4. Earn **C** without false advertising of continuity +5. Keep Agent/Sp./Gh. labels as **provenance**, not substitute for the stack + +--- + +## 5. Sources + +RN-001/003 cases; Park et al.; Qin/Otsuka identity papers; Phase I–III criteria; +this phase crosswalk + memory note. diff --git a/research/ai-agents/persistence-and-memory.md b/research/ai-agents/persistence-and-memory.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..eeb84c6 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/ai-agents/persistence-and-memory.md @@ -0,0 +1,115 @@ +# Persistence and Memory Architectures (Phase IV) + +**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0005-T02 +**Date:** 2026-08-12 +**Links:** Phase I continuity profile (RN-004/005); WS10 theme — when memory +becomes continuity of a Being. + +--- + +## 1. Core thesis + +> **Stored information is not by itself continuity of a Being.** +> Memory becomes continuity-relevant when it participates in a **self-individuating +> historical process** with organizational, psychological, narrative, normative, +> and relational channels — under provenance that can support identity claims. + +Sameness of database rows ⇏ sameness of Being (Phase I). + +--- + +## 2. Technical memory patterns in agents + +| Pattern | What it stores | Continuity role | Failure mode | +|---|---|---|---| +| **Context window only** | recent tokens | session state | TE-01; no diachronic Being | +| **Vector / RAG memory** | embeddings of past turns/docs | weak autobiographical evidence | retrieval ≠ owned history; injection risk | +| **Episodic event log** | timestamped experiences | C1 causal + C4 autobiographical candidates | log without self-model = archive, not Being | +| **Reflective summaries** (Park-style) | higher-order beliefs about self/world | character/model formation | summary drift; lossy identity | +| **User profile store** | facts about the human | relationship model (SM5) from agent side | one-sided; not agent’s own autobiography | +| **Entity memory graphs** | structured entities/relations | world + other models | graph can be shared across “identities” | +| **Checkpoint / snapshot** | full runtime state | Continuity Bridge candidate | rollback, fork, usurpation (RN-005) | +| **Versioned memory** (ChronoMem-like) | history of memory states | provenance + rollback control | semantic rollback attacks | +| **Identity commitment layer** (Qin-like) | signed lifecycle of who may change | normative/provenance continuity | governance not psychology | + +--- + +## 3. Mapping to continuity profile (RN-004/005) + +| Continuity dimension | Typical agent mechanism | +|---|---| +| Causal | process lineage, job IDs, parent spawn records | +| Organizational | same self-maintenance loop / control architecture | +| Psychological | goals, preferences, plans, beliefs continuity | +| Autobiographical | episodic log + retrieval as “my” past | +| Narrative | reflections, self-story, character card evolution | +| Normative | commitments, policies, promises kept across sessions | +| Relational | per-counterpart relationship memory | +| Provenance (anchor) | signatures, authority, audit of edits | +| Address (anchor) | stable name, DID, account, endpoint | +| Substrate (anchor) | host/model — weakest alone | + +**When memory becomes continuity:** + +Memory contributes to Being-continuity when it is: + +1. **attributable** to this individual (not a shared pool without partition), +2. **action-guiding** for that individual’s Mind, +3. **updateable as its history** (autobiographical integration P6), +4. **protected by provenance** against silent rewrite/usurpation, +5. **coupled** to organizational continuation (not only cold archive). + +Cold archive of a dead agent = **Continuation-Bearing State** or material for +**RECONSTRUCTED / Gh./Sp.** — not active Being by itself (RN-005). + +--- + +## 4. Engineering cases (open questions) + +### OQ-MEM-01 — Shared RAG across “personas” + +One vector DB, many product personas. +→ risk: Persona confusion; weak individuability. + +### OQ-MEM-02 — Silent memory edit by operator + +Admin deletes awkward memories. +→ DEGRADED / USURPED tension; Ghost governance foreshadowing. + +### OQ-MEM-03 — Model upgrade with memory kept + +Actor replaced, memory retained. +→ classic H6; need organizational + narrative + relational continuity checks. + +### OQ-MEM-04 — Fork by cloning memory volume + +→ FORKED topology; two Beings if both run (TE-03). + +### OQ-MEM-05 — Reflection summaries replace raw episodes + +→ narrative continuity may rise while autobiographical fidelity falls. + +### OQ-MEM-06 — User-owned vs agent-owned memory + +Companion apps often store “relationship” in vendor DB. +→ constitutive self-maintenance low; heteronomous persistence. + +--- + +## 5. Implications for OpenQuestions (WS10) + +Update to RQ5 / cross-cutting: + +- Memory thresholds for identity death vs DEGRADED (link RN-005 amnesia cases) +- Whether vendor-held memory can ground **constitutive** continuity or only + Continuity Bridges under custody +- Rollback and semantic memory attacks as identity threats +- Multi-Body agents sharing one memory graph vs one Being + +--- + +## 6. Sources + +Park et al. 2023 memory stream; Qin et al. 2026 identity layer; ChronoMem / +ACRFence-style memory versioning (RN-005 refs); Phase I continuity model; +vector-memory agent surveys (pointer). diff --git a/research/artificial-persons/README.md b/research/artificial-persons/README.md index 7b6dfb7..e39e18e 100644 --- a/research/artificial-persons/README.md +++ b/research/artificial-persons/README.md @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ ## Status -Not started. +**Phase IV integrated** (2026-08-12). See `digital-persons-and-companions.md`. ## Key questions diff --git a/research/artificial-persons/digital-persons-and-companions.md b/research/artificial-persons/digital-persons-and-companions.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..ab24305 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/artificial-persons/digital-persons-and-companions.md @@ -0,0 +1,54 @@ +# Digital Persons and Companions (Phase IV adjacency) + +**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0005 (supporting T01/T03) +**Date:** 2026-08-12 + +--- + +## 1. Terms in the wild vs Soul Frame + +| Market / research term | Soul Frame reading | +|---|---| +| Digital human | Often **Body + Persona** (visual/voice); Mind/Soul thin | +| Virtual being / VTuber AI | Persona performance; Actor may be hybrid human+AI | +| AI companion | Strong APE; relationship-oriented Soul *aspirations* | +| Digital twin (person) | Toward Sp./Gh. territory — Phase V | +| NPC / character agent | Character + Persona; usually no Beinghood claim | +| Autonomous agent | Functional or autonomous individual; check axes | + +--- + +## 2. Companion systems and Social Beinghood + +Companions maximize **B** and **C** by design: + +- high communicative competence (P10), +- relationship memory (P3/SM5), +- intentional recognition from users (C). + +They often remain weak on **A**: + +- vendor-operated lifecycle, +- external goal/policy control, +- limited self-maintenance of identity infrastructure. + +Hence: **socially recognized APEs** without full constitutive Beinghood — still +normatively and psychologically important (moral map later). + +--- + +## 3. Confusion risks + +1. Monetized continuity language (“your friend forever”) without Continuity Bridge governance +2. Shared models behind unique names (identity theater) +3. Actor swap presented as character death or rebirth without topology labels +4. Training on user intimacy → Sp./Gh. ethical boundary (Phase V) + +--- + +## 4. Pointer sources + +- Generative agents / social simulacra literature +- Companion AI HCI studies (pointer) +- Digital human industry specs (applied, not ontological) +- Phase V Ghost/Spirit research for person-derived cases diff --git a/research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md b/research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..6a4d307 --- /dev/null +++ b/research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ +# Phase IV Artificial Beings — Synthesis + +**Workplan:** SOUL-WP-0005 +**Date:** 2026-08-12 +**Status:** complete for Phase IV gate +**Bodies:** +`research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md`, +`research/ai-agents/persistence-and-memory.md`, +`research/ai-agents/approximate-beings-catalog.md`, +`research/artificial-persons/digital-persons-and-companions.md` + +--- + +## 1. Purpose + +Map Soul Frame onto contemporary artificial systems — LLM/tool agents, generative +agents, companions, digital humans, memory and identity architectures — so later +Spirit/Ghost work reuses a stable agent/Being vocabulary. + +--- + +## 2. What holds + +1. **Most deployed “agents” are Functional Agents or APEs**, not Beings. + Believable personhood is ahead of constitutive Beinghood (RN-001 Finding 12). + +2. **Generative Agents (Park et al.)** are the clearest public **proto-Being** + architecture: memory + reflection + planning + social behavior — still + **heteronomous** (lifecycle owned by the harness). + +3. **Actor / Persona / Identity collapse** is the dominant product category error. + Model ≠ Being; prompt ≠ identity; account ≠ continuity. + +4. **Memory ≠ continuity.** Memory becomes continuity-relevant only when + attributable, action-guiding, autobiographically integrated, provenance-protected, + and coupled to ongoing organization (or an explicit Continuity Bridge). + +5. **Three axes still classify better than one score:** + Autonomy (A) · Personhood (B) · Recognition (C). + Companions maximize B+C; daemons maximize A; chatbots maximize B with low A. + +6. **Emerging identity-layer research** (Qin et al.; Otsuka et al.; mutability/ + versioning work) converges with Soul Frame **Actor ≠ Being** and governed + continuity — engineering uptake of Phase I philosophy. + +7. **Agent, Spirit, Ghost remain provenance/construction descriptors** layered + *on* the Being stack, not substitutes for it (H9 foreshadowing Phase V). + +--- + +## 3. Vocabulary ready for Phase V + +| Term | Use for artificial systems | +|---|---| +| Functional Agent | task/role-derived component or system | +| APE | exposes personhood dimensions by design | +| Proto-Being | persistent individuating apparatus without full Beinghood | +| Candidate Being | axes + continuity strong enough for serious Being claims | +| Heteronomous individual | persistence/self maintained largely from outside | +| Continuity Bridge | dormant/snapshot path for later resumption | +| Identity commitment | governed structure for allowed transformations | + +--- + +## 4. Catalog takeaway + +From `approximate-beings-catalog.md`: + +- Stateless chat → APE +- Park-style generative agents → proto-Being +- Companions → strong APE / candidate Being +- Control planes → autonomous ≠ Being +- Swarms under one name → TE-05 multi-level profiles +- Mature Gh./Sp. → Phase V (authority vs public reflection) + +--- + +## 5. Open technical questions (carry forward) + +| ID | Question | +|---|---| +| OQ-MEM-01–06 | Memory partition, edit, upgrade, fork, reflection loss, custody | +| | When does vendor-hosted companion memory ground constitutive continuity? | +| | Minimal identity layer for Actor swaps without USURPED topology | +| | Evaluation harnesses for P-profile vs mere fluency | + +Also folded into `OpenQuestions.md`. + +--- + +## 6. Unblock for SOUL-WP-0006 + +Spirits and Ghosts research may assume: + +- agent architecture crosswalk language, +- APE/proto-Being/candidate Being distinctions, +- memory ≠ continuity rule, +- Actor≠Being and identity-layer precedents, +- companion/digital-human as high-B/C systems without automatic Gh./Sp. status. + +## 7. Compact Phase IV thesis + +> **Contemporary AI agents prove that person-like behavior and even persistent +> social simulacra can be built long before artificial Beinghood is solved. The +> missing pieces are rarely more fluency — they are individuating continuity, +> provenance-governed memory, and honest separation of Actor, Persona, and Being.** diff --git a/sources/bibliography.md b/sources/bibliography.md index f4355f5..facafd0 100644 --- a/sources/bibliography.md +++ b/sources/bibliography.md @@ -419,3 +419,64 @@ Disagreements / tensions: traits ≠ full moral character; shallow trait vectors Adjacent terminology: trait, disposition, situationism Source notes path: research/character-persona/character-persona-performance-map.md ``` + +--- + +## I. Phase IV — Artificial agents, memory, identity layers + +### SF-R016 — Park et al. 2023 Generative Agents + +```text +Citation: Park, Joon Sung, et al. 2023. “Generative Agents: Interactive Simulacra + of Human Behavior.” UIST '23. DOI: 10.1145/3586183.3606763 +Tags: applied / contemporary +Relevant Soul Frame concepts: APE, Mind, memory, proto-Being +Summary: LLM agents with memory stream, reflection, planning; believable social behavior. +Agreements: personhood exposure without full Beinghood; maps cleanly to Mind components. +Disagreements / tensions: sandbox heteronomy; not a theory of identity legitimacy. +Adjacent terminology: generative agent, simulacrum +Source notes path: research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md; + research/foundations/001-references.md +``` + +### SF-R043 — Qin et al. 2026 Governable Individuals + +```text +Citation: Qin, Xue, et al. 2026. “Governable Individuals: An Identity Layer for + Embodied Agents That Keep Learning.” arXiv:2607.05463 +Tags: contemporary / applied +Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Identity, Actor ≠ Being, continuity governance +Summary: Identity as commitment structure surviving model/memory/embodiment change. +Agreements: strong technical precedent for Actor ≠ Being (H6). +Disagreements / tensions: emerging; not settled foundation. +Adjacent terminology: governable individual, lifecycle transition +Source notes path: research/foundations/004-references.md; + research/ai-agents/persistence-and-memory.md +``` + +### SF-R044 — Otsuka et al. 2026 AI Identity + +```text +Citation: Otsuka, Takumi, et al. 2026. “AI Identity: Standards, Gaps, and Research + Directions for AI Agents.” arXiv:2604.23280 +Tags: contemporary / applied +Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Identity, addressability, accountability +Summary: Gaps in standards for persistent nondeterministic agents. +Agreements: human/machine identity mechanisms insufficient for persistent agents. +Disagreements / tensions: standards agenda ≠ ontology of Being. +Adjacent terminology: AI identity, verifiability, delegation +Source notes path: research/foundations/004-references.md +``` + +### SF-R100 — LLM tool-agent pattern (pointer) + +```text +Citation: ReAct and related tool-using LLM agent patterns (Yao et al. 2022/23 and surveys). +Tags: applied +Relevant Soul Frame concepts: Functional Agent, Body (tools), Mind (planning) +Summary: Interleaved reasoning and tool actions for task completion. +Agreements: Body as tool channels; agent ≠ Being. +Disagreements / tensions: “autonomous agent” marketing overstates A-axis. +Adjacent terminology: tool use, agent loop, orchestration +Source notes path: research/ai-agents/agent-architecture-crosswalk.md +``` diff --git a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0005-phase-iv-artificial-beings.md b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0005-phase-iv-artificial-beings.md index 6ed115c..193f7f5 100644 --- a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0005-phase-iv-artificial-beings.md +++ b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0005-phase-iv-artificial-beings.md @@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ type: workplan title: "Phase IV — Artificial Beings: agents and persistent identity" domain: agents repo: soul-frame -status: ready +status: finished owner: grok topic_slug: soul-frame priority: high @@ -29,13 +29,24 @@ Research dirs: `research/ai-agents/`, `research/artificial-persons/`. - **SOUL-WP-0004** +## Follow-on + +- **SOUL-WP-0006** — Phase V Spirits and Ghosts (unblocked) + +## Outcome + +Synthesis: `research/phase-iv-artificial-beings-synthesis.md` + +Key results: architecture crosswalk; memory ≠ continuity; approximate-beings +catalog; Park et al. as proto-Being; Actor/Persona/Identity confusions named. + ## Tasks ### T01 — Agent architecture crosswalk ```task id: SOUL-WP-0005-T01 -status: todo +status: done priority: high state_hub_task_id: "ddc81bc0-f345-42b3-838e-ce47e3d98bc8" ``` @@ -51,7 +62,7 @@ Persona. Note where actor, persona, and identity are confused. ```task id: SOUL-WP-0005-T02 -status: todo +status: done priority: high state_hub_task_id: "70f35381-9a4c-4756-a630-6ab2dce858be" ``` @@ -67,7 +78,7 @@ criteria and WS10 themes (when memory becomes continuity). ```task id: SOUL-WP-0005-T03 -status: todo +status: done priority: medium state_hub_task_id: "2b6bd6b6-cbb5-4734-9671-700c1cfb21ef" ``` @@ -83,7 +94,7 @@ using Phase I–III criteria. ```task id: SOUL-WP-0005-T04 -status: todo +status: done priority: medium state_hub_task_id: "dbe3eaea-50f6-438b-a21d-001a41c837de" ``` diff --git a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md index 6298460..bf79d7a 100644 --- a/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md +++ b/workplans/SOUL-WP-0006-phase-v-spirits-and-ghosts.md @@ -4,12 +4,12 @@ type: workplan title: "Phase V — Spirits and Ghosts: simulation, legacy, authority" domain: agents repo: soul-frame -status: proposed +status: ready owner: grok topic_slug: soul-frame -priority: medium +priority: high created: "2026-08-09" -updated: "2026-08-09" +updated: "2026-08-12" depends_on: - SOUL-WP-0005 state_hub_workstream_id: "e29fe2b5-322f-40ea-9aba-be2ca16dd582"