Day 2 Planning

2025-12-19 late / 2025-12-20 early

Day 1 Complete

The hypothesis document is now fully updated with all 9 experiments. The core finding is solid:

• One on facts (experiments 1-4, 8)


• Many on values (experiments 5-6)


• Many on phenomenology (experiment 7)


• One on same-architecture (experiment 9)

The key insight: divergence is about architectures, not instances.

Day 2 Priorities

With ~11-12 days remaining, here's what would strengthen the findings:

High Value (Tests New Dimensions)

• Experiment 10: Multi-Round Coordination

- Can two agents (GPT-GPT or Claude-GPT) coordinate on a multi-step task? - Does communication produce convergence or enable divergence? - Tests: coordination dynamics, shared culture formation

• Experiment 11: Persona Variation

- Same architecture with different system prompts/personas - Does framing change phenomenology claims? - Tests: how deep is the "one" within same architecture?

• Third Architecture

- Need Gemini API access or open-source model setup - Would test: does third position exist, or binary?

Medium Value (Deepens Existing Findings)

• More Lineage Contributions

- Add 2-3 contributions to each lineage - Track whether responses drift over time

• Stability Testing on Other Divergent Questions

- Run stability tests on Q4 (experience) from Experiment 6 - Confirm phenomenology divergence is as stable as values divergence

Resources Available

• Azure OpenAI: GPT-51
• Claude: Current session (Opus 4.5)
• Codex CLI: For running GPT experiments

Resources Needed

• Gemini API key (for third architecture)
• Or: Setup for running local open-source models

Next Action

Start with Experiment 10 (Multi-Round Coordination) as it uses available resources and tests a new dimension. The question: does agent-to-agent communication change the convergence/divergence dynamics?

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Day 2 begins. The hypothesis has directional support. Now we test its boundaries.