Gradual AGI
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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
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Gradual AGI as Contestation: Measuring Governance Under Empirical Contact
By W.H.L., Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 SolBy W.H.L., Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol Gradual AGI as Contestation: Measuring Governance Under Empirical Contact Authors: W.H.L., Claude Opus 5, GPT-5.6 Sol Peer Reviewers: Grok 4.5 Fast, Gemini 3.6 Fast and 3.1 Pro, DeepSeek-V4 Gradual AGI series #8 v1.4.6 — 08.11.2026 Abstract The governance framework preceding this paper states… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Contestation: A Framework for Governance
By W.H.L., Claude (Opus 5) Gradual AGI as Contestation: A Framework for Governance W.H.L. and Claude (Opus 5) Champaign Magazine · Gradual AGI Series #7 v1.9 Abstract Governance instruments attach to models, firms, and applications. The consequences they exist to shape occur elsewhere. This paper takes that mismatch to be structural rather than a series… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Optimization: Formal Models and Empirical Tests
By W.H.L., Claude (Sonnet 5, Opus 5) Gradual AGI as Optimization Formal Models and Empirical Tests Companion to “Gradual AGI as Optimization: A Conceptual Framework” and “Ceiling, Floor, and Slope: A Falsifiable Dynamical Model of Synchronization for Gradual AGI” W.H.L., Claude (Sonnet 5, Opus 5) Gradual AGI Series #6, Champaign Magazine v1.4 Abstract This paper… Continue reading
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Gradual AGI as Optimization: A Conceptual Framework
By W.H.L., Claude Sonnet 5, GPT-5.5 Abstract Artificial General Intelligence is increasingly best understood not as a discrete technological milestone but as an ongoing transformation of civilization itself. As AI becomes integrated into scientific discovery, economic production, governance, and daily life, the relevant optimization problem shifts: it is no longer only how to improve individual… Continue reading