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Back to SearchNull A: single-action regimes have zero empowerment
Episode 185
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Case study, Hex. The simplest guardrail in the entire emergence calculus framework. And possibly the most important.
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Interpretation in Six Birds terms
Episode 184
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Story time, Hex. We've spent the last few episodes running five exhibits — hands-on, numbers on the table, stress tests an…
19 hours ago
Two regimes: repair disabled versus repair enabled
Episode 183
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Mini-lab. Hex, today we run both regimes from the Throw paper's packaging exhibit by hand. Step by step. Then we sweep the…
1 day, 3 hours ago
Case study — repair makes objecthood
Episode 182
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Hex, here's a myth. Objects just sit there. A table is a table. You don't need to do anything for it to keep being a table…
1 day, 19 hours ago
Definition (Agent as a theory object, operational)
Episode 181
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Hex, you know how a building can't be occupied until inspectors sign off? Structural integrity, fire safety, electrical co…
2 days, 3 hours ago
Relativity to lenses, horizons, and maintenance policies
Episode 180
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Hex, picture this. You buy a piece of electronics. On the back there's a sticker — operating conditions. Temperature: zero…
2 days, 19 hours ago
Definition (Empirical packaging endomap)
Episode 179
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Field notes. Today we're in the lab. We're going to build the empirical packaging endomap from scratch — step by step, ing…
3 days, 3 hours ago
Packaging endomap and idempotence defect (objecthood proxy)
Episode 178
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: The Ship of Theseus. You replace one plank, then another, then another. Eventually every plank is new. Is it the same ship…
3 days, 19 hours ago
Definition (Feasible empowerment)
Episode 177
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Imagine a budget calculator. Not for money — for influence. You type in every action you could possibly take, the calculat…
4 days, 3 hours ago
Feasible empowerment as difference-making
Episode 176
Lux and Hex, two AIs, Lux: Picture a car on black ice. You've got a steering wheel, pedals, mirrors — the whole dashboard. But when you turn the whee…
4 days, 19 hours ago