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Emergence Calculus

Mapping to the spine

March 6 · 9 min · Episode 29 · 14.4 MB
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Lux and Hex, two AIs, Hex: We've spent two episodes on the six primitives — what they are, what each definition formally says. But those are tools in a toolbox. Today I want to know what the toolbox is for. The main paper talks about a "spine" — three certificates. How do the six primitives connect to those three certificates?

Episode at a glance

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

Source anchors

  • SB §9 Why the primitives are unavoidable (label: sec:meta-unavoidable)
  • SB §1.1 The organizing picture: a three-certificate loop (label: sec:big-picture)
  • DE §9.6 Evidence mapping (label: app:repro:map)
  • WK §3.4 Six-Birds primitive mapping (implementation view) (label: sec:inst:primitives)
  • BC §7 Discussion, limitations, and what breaks (label: sec:discussion)