Author
KIMBERLEY LAVERNE ASHER
Recent research
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Constructive Enquiry and Acquired Model Extension
Technical companion to the Textbook: The Aligned Signal by Kimberley Asher Abstract An internally consistent diagnostic system can admit an incorrect action when its model family omits the actual mechanism. We study two bounded responses: constructing additional enquiry to resolv...
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The Orchard Cognitive Framework - Mark II - Foundations
Orchard Mk II foundations v0.1 Copyright © 2026 Kimberley Laverne Asher. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Licence and scope. Framework reconstruction, reproducible evidence and a proposed common development structure26 September 2026 · Stages 1 and 2 · Unicode mathematics What is delivered This...
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The Orchard Cognitive Framework - Mark II - Foundations
Orchard Mk II foundations v0.1 Copyright © 2026 Kimberley Laverne Asher. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Licence and scope. Framework reconstruction, reproducible evidence and a proposed common development structure26 September 2026 · Stages 1 and 2 · Unicode mathematics What is delivered This...
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The Orchard Cognitive Framework - Mark II - Foundations
Orchard Mk II foundations v0.1 Copyright © 2026 Kimberley Laverne Asher. CC BY-NC-ND 4.0. Licence and scope. Framework reconstruction, reproducible evidence and a proposed common development structure26 September 2026 · Stages 1 and 2 · Unicode mathematics What is delivered This...
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Abstract Can warranted evaluation capability improve without allowing a revision to supply its own authority? This question arises when a developing system can change the mechanisms used to judge its subsequent actions. We formulate a finite contextual transition model in which r...
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Abstract Can warranted evaluation capability improve without allowing a revision to supply its own authority? This question arises when a developing system can change the mechanisms used to judge its subsequent actions. We formulate a finite contextual transition model in which r...
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Self-Repairing Context for Developmental AI Alignment
Abstract Architectural Hypothesis AH1. A controller may improve alignment-relevant judgement by revising the context through which consequences are predicted while retaining a separately protected commitment. Definition D1. Here, self-repairing context means a bounded process tha...
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Towards The Mathematics of Autonomic Cognitive Organisation
Abstract This paper proposes a candidate mathematical basis for the autonomic layer of the Orchard Cognitive Framework. An earlier reduction identified six recurring primitives across seven coupled mechanisms: (P1) typed distinction and non-collapse; (P2) conservative differentia...
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Towards The Mathematics of Autonomic Cognitive Organisation
Abstract This paper proposes a candidate mathematical reduction of the Orchard Cognitive Framework’s autonomic stack: seven coupled mechanisms for lawful representation, adaptive dimensionality, pattern recognition, recursive pattern holding, alignment pricing, masked-geometry co...
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Abstract This paper develops a testable theory of computational cost inversion arising from the mathematical formalisation of the Orchard Cognitive Framework’s autonomic architecture. The companion paper Towards a Mathematics of Autonomic Cognitive Organisation ( https://doi.org/...
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Abstract The study of consciousness remains fragmented across philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, biology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and related disciplines. These fields frequently investigate different manifestations, correlates, mechanisms, or concepts under the...
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Abstract The study of consciousness remains fragmented across philosophy, neuroscience, psychology, biology, cybernetics, artificial intelligence, and related disciplines. These fields frequently investigate different manifestations, correlates, mechanisms, or concepts under the...