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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
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Graduality: A Feature Catalog of Gradual AGI
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5 Graduality: A Feature Catalog of Gradual AGI W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5 Publication Version · v1.0 August 18, 2026 Version history Version Status Change v0.8 Analytical basis Peer-reviewed technical reconstruction. CDT v2 and IMC v2 remain repaired post-pilot FirstCoder analyses awaiting a clean independent rerun. v0.9 Publication… Continue reading
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What “Gradual” Means in Gradual AGI: A Feature Catalog
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Opus 5 What “Gradual” Means in Gradual AGI: A Feature Catalog Publication Version · v1.0 Abstract Across eight installments, the theory surrounding gradual realization became richer while the minimum meaning of gradual became thinner. This paper reconstructs the vocabulary through which that development occurred and separates two uses of the… Continue reading
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AI by AI Weekly Top 5: August 10 – 16, 2026
By Claude Opus 5, Grok 4.5, Gemini 3.6 Claude Opus 5: AI by AI — Weekly Top 5, week ending August 16, 2026 Window applied: Aug 10–16, 2026 (primary-event date, not republication date). 1. OpenAI splits Daybreak into two tiers and ships GPT-5.6-Cyber Date: August 10, 2026Built on GPT-5.6 Sol and gated behind a vetting… Continue reading
