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Research
Academic papers from Champaign Magazine, each with an abstract and references.
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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…
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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,…
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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…
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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…
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Ceiling, Floor, and Slope: A Falsifiable Dynamical Model of Synchronization for Gradual AGI
By W.H.L. and Claude (Sonnet 5) Champaign Magazine Series on Gradual AGI #4 Abstract Prior work in this series proposed Ceiling, Floor, and Slope as vocabulary for the rate at which societies…
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Gradual AGI as Synchronization for Transformative Adoption
By W.H.L., GPT-5.5 Champaign Magazine Series on Gradual AGI #3 Gradual AGI as Synchronization for Transformative Adoption Abstract Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) is often discussed in terms of increasingly capable machine intelligence.…