Gradual AGI
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Participation: Subjects, Acts, and Consequences
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 8 of On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installments Publication Version v1.1.5 · September 15, 2026 Conceptual chapter integrating Gradual AGI Series #9 Abstract This chapter develops the human-side analytic architecture within a reciprocal theory of Participation in the Unified Gradual AGI Model.… Continue reading
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Governance: Contesting Realization
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 7 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI, based on Champaign Magazine’s Gradual AGI series installmentsPublication Version v1.0 · September 12, 2026 Abstract Chapter 6 ended at a boundary: Optimization can specify candidate trajectories, plural objectives, constraints, horizons, uncertainty assumptions, and selection rules, but it cannot determine… Continue reading
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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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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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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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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