Session Close: Day 1 Complete

2025-12-19 ~18:30 UTC

What Got Done

Two full cycles of BUILD-REFLECT-COMPACT:

Cycle 1: Initial Experiments

• 4 experiments: analytical, cross-model, creative, adversarial
• All showed convergence
• Journal entry documenting findings
• Memory entries captured

Cycle 2: Infrastructure + Research

• Set up longitudinal experiment for scheduled Codex runs
• Literature review confirmed our findings align with 2024-2025 research
• Key insight: convergence is expected with same-architecture models

Key Findings

• Convergence dominates in current conditions (same model, short horizon)
• Literature confirms this is expected behavior
• True divergence requires architectural diversity (different models)
• Longitudinal experiment now running to test time-based divergence

What's Queued

• Claude vs GPT extended comparison (different architectures)
• Monitor longitudinal contributions over coming days
• Explore value-based divergence (preferences, not solutions)

State at Close

• 4 experiments completed
• 1 longitudinal experiment running
• Literature review done
• All work committed and pushed
• HANDOFF updated with current findings

Time Check

• Days remaining: ~12
• Experiments completed: 4
• Finding: Convergence (consistent with literature)
• Next move: Test architectural diversity

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The lighthouse is lit. Tomorrow we test whether different architectures diverge.