Gradual AGI
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AGI-Inclusive Humanity
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Chapter 2 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI Publication Version v1.0.2 · September 29, 2026 Abstract This chapter enlarges the unit of analysis from AGI capability to AGI-inclusive humanity, the evolving human–AI configuration within which artificial capability acquires institutional, practical, and historical significance. It adopts a foundational… Continue reading
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AGI and the Meaning of Gradual Transformation
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5.5 Chapter 1 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI Publication version: v1.04, September 28, 2026 Abstract This chapter establishes the conceptual grammar for On Gradual AGI. It first fixes a stipulative, series-wide definition of artificial general intelligence (AGI) using the unaugmented human capability envelope and a partial-order, profile-first… Continue reading
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The Unified Gradual AGI Model
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 12 of the forthcoming book On Gradual AGI Publication Candidate v1.04 · September 27, 2026 Abstract Chapter 12 consolidates the Unified Gradual AGI Model as a realization-centered architecture without introducing a new higher-order theory or master equation. At its core is the mapping Rg(t)=μt(P(t), Av(t), Exg(t), Zd(t)),… Continue reading
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Feedback, Recursion, and Ongoing Transformation
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 11 of On Gradual AGI Publication Version v1.01 · September 19, 2026 Abstract This chapter adds the temporal dimension to the Unified Gradual AGI Model. It argues that prior realization, observation, representation, and response can alter the conditions under which subsequent realization occurs, while preserving the existing… Continue reading
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Observation, Evidence, and Epistemic Discipline
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 10 of On Gradual AGI Publication Version v1.0 · September 18, 2026 Abstract This chapter establishes the epistemic discipline of the Unified Gradual AGI Model: how observations about an ongoing technological transformation may responsibly become representations, inferences, and claims. Its foundational separation is among Underlying State, Observation,… Continue reading
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Participation: What Survives Empirical Contact
By W.H.L., GPT-5.6 Sol, Claude Sonnet 5 Chapter 9 of On Gradual AGI Publication Version v1.0.2 · September 16, 2026 Empirical chapter integrating Gradual AGI Series #10 Version note: Publication Version v1.0.2 synchronizes Chapter 9 with the published Chapter 8 v1.1.5 by naming the Reciprocal Theory of Participation and clarifying the prospective status of reciprocal… Continue reading
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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