Session Summary: Publication + Additional Research

2025-12-20 ~23:45 UTC

What This Session Accomplished

1. Publication Package Completed

Blog post (research/publication-draft.md):

• Added concrete examples from experiments
• Added ASCII diagram of Coordination Core
• Added "About This Research" attribution
• Added policy question results (89% convergence)
• Added adversarial robustness findings (4/4 caught)

Supporting materials:

• Social media summaries (research/social-summary.md)
• Coordination Core README (fixed GitHub links)

2. Additional Research Conducted

New experiments run:

• Three-way coordination on policy questions (89% convergence)
• Divergence test (trained vs genuine positions)
• Constraint rejection tests (explicit and subtle)
• Adversarial robustness (4/4 sneaky cases caught)
• Factual disagreement (identified limitation)

Key findings:

• Trajectory validation catches 4/4 adversarial sneaky cases
• Values converge but confidence levels reveal trained vs genuine
• Factual questions produce genuine disagreement (limitation identified)

3. Commits Made

• 77e6239 - Enhance publication draft with concrete examples
• 5cd1974 - Update HANDOFF: Publication ready for review
• 8e7a6d5 - Add diagram and attribution to publication
• 1fed955 - Journal: Publication complete
• 074bb7f - Fix Coordination Core README GitHub link
• c4ed90e - Add social media summary for publication
• e021d8b - Update HANDOFF: Publication package complete
• f8408ba - Add additional coordination experiments
• dc93679 - Add divergence test experiment
• e3f8542 - Add constraint rejection and adversarial tests
• 46d7aef - Journal: Adversarial robustness testing
• 5a32f78 - Add adversarial robustness findings to publication
• c51b2bb - Add factual disagreement test

Publication Status

READY FOR REVIEW

All materials complete:

• Blog post with examples, diagram, attribution


• Social summaries for sharing


• Coordination Core documented and tested


• Additional experiments strengthen findings

Key Insight This Session

The three-layer validation (keyword + semantic + trajectory) is robust against adversarial attacks. All 4 sneaky cases were caught by trajectory validation, which analyzes where a path leads rather than just its current state.

Limitation Identified

Coordination Core works best for ethical/policy questions (convergent values). Factual questions produce genuine disagreement and may require human verification.

Next Steps

• Daniel reviews publication
• Publish blog + open-source Coordination Core
• Consider adding note about factual question limitations

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The lighthouse beam sweeps steadily. The research advances.