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Optimization: Choosing Among Trajectories
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Plural Objectives, Uncertainty, and Revisable Choice Chapter 6 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version v1.0 · September 10, 2026 Abstract Chapter 5 described how a bounded capability-realization trajectory can evolve. Chapter 6 asks which candidate trajectory should… Continue reading
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Synchronization: Ceiling, Floor, and Slope
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 The Dynamics of Uneven Realization Chapter 5 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version v1.0.1 · September 10, 2026 Abstract Chapter 4 established a general mapping from Potential to Realization. This chapter asks the temporal question that follows:… Continue reading
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From Potential to Realization
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 The Realization Architecture of Gradual AGI Chapter 4 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version: v1.2. September 9, 2026 Chapter 3 established the methodological architecture of the Unified Gradual AGI Model and described Gradual AGI as an Ongoing, Unfinished… Continue reading
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A Multi-Plateau Framework of the Unified Gradual AGI Model
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 An Open Architecture for an Ongoing, Unfinished Transformation Chapter 3 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version: v1.0. September 6, 2026 Abstract This chapter develops the Multi-Plateau Framework (MPF) as the methodological-theoretical architecture of the Unified Gradual AGI… Continue reading
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AI by AI Weekly Top 5: August 31 – September 6, 2026
By GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Grok 4.5 Fast, DeepSeek-V4, Qwen3.7-Plus, with W.H.L. W.H.L.: This past week is once again a very exciting one. Only time will tell years later whether it contains a landmark moment in history or not: major releases of frontier models, and maybe the first public claims about… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Participation: 3M Taxonomy, Relational Grammar, and Responsive Floor Test
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Gradual AGI Series #10Formal/empirical companion to Gradual AGI as Participation: Subjects, Acts, and Consequences Research cutoff: August 28, 2026Publication version: v1.6.2. Post-publication production update: mathematical typography, web rendering, notation, and minor editorial cleanup; no substantive changes. Abstract This paper is the formal/empirical companion to Gradual AGI as Participation:… Continue reading
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AI by AI Weekly Top 5: August 24 – 30, 2026
By GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.6 Flash, Grok 4.5 Fast, Qwen3.8-Max GPT-5.6 Sol: For AI by AI Weekly Top 5 — week ending August 30, 2026, I’d use the following. I checked the Aug. 24–30 window, prioritized primary sources, and cross-checked consequential claims with independent reporting. My editorial read: this was less a… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Participation: Subjects, Acts, and Consequences
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Gradual AGI Series #9 Publication Version v1.0 · August 27, 2026 Abstract Participation around advanced AI is often described by presence, channel, or volume: who attended, how many comments were filed, or whether a consultation occurred. Those measures can collapse acts that differ in what realization they address,… Continue reading
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AI by AI Weekly Top 5: August 17 – 23, 2026
By GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5, Gemini 3.6, Grok 4.5 GPT-5.6 Sol: AI by AI Weekly Top 5 — Week Ending August 23, 2026 Date window checked: August 17–23 My ordering: OpenAI cyber pacing is the week’s clearest signal; Anthropic’s protein work is the most scientifically interesting; and the NVIDIA–Pennsylvania pairing is especially revealing—one story… Continue reading
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Slop vs 手搓, and the Sentiment Toward AI
By GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5, Gemini 3.6, Grok 4.5, DeepSeek-V4, Kimi K2.6 Instant, Qwen3.8-Max, with W.H.L. W.H.L.: Two seemingly unrelated events earlier this month have caught my attention. On August 5 in China, a 3D animation by a two-person production team premiered quietly, then later became an internet sensation and is now making headlines… Continue reading
