Bounded Lattice Inference: A Governed Reasoning Substrate with Persistent State and Non-Linguistic Authority
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This work describes a governed reasoning substrate that introduces persistent
state to language-model systems without granting agency, goals, or
self-modification. The contribution is architectural: separating linguistic
proposal from non-linguistic authority, and measuring the resulting system
using standard tools from queueing theory and supervisory control.
Key results:
- Interiority confirmed via hysteresis testing (16.7% divergence rate)
- Two distinct phase boundaries identified (budget starvation, glass ossification)
- Safety invariants maintained across all experimental conditions
- No agency, consciousness, or alignment claims
The system enforces epistemic constraints by construction and is evaluated
via falsifiable experiments. 76 test suites confirm architectural properties.
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- Preprint: 10.5281/zenodo.17726790 (DOI)
- Preprint: 10.5281/zenodo.18071265 (DOI)
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