Episode Details

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Hex: Last episode — the test that passes. Alpha plus beta at most one. The litmus paper turns blue. Safety. Today, the other side. The litmus paper turns red. What does Zeno failure actually look like?

Episode at a glance

• Series: Foundations (Six Birds)
• Theme: Foundations & meta-theory
• Format: Case study
• Complexity: Intermediate
• Paper: SB

Source anchors

• SB §16.5 No-Zeno criterion via divergence (label: thm:no-zeno)
• SB §16.9 Decision tree (settlement frontier)
• DE §5.2 Why SBT is stricter than ``alternative interpretation'' (label: sec:discussion:stricter)
• TH §11.1 Agenthood versus agency, revisited
• PL §9.4 Six birds, one end-to-end story