From d39e02f4b91b743a637ed316a8267f668ab212dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nils Date: Wed, 15 Jul 2026 02:38:51 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] parcae outcome scored: dynamics confirmed, fidelity refuted -- stability and fidelity are independent dials Co-Authored-By: Claude Fable 5 --- results-loop/PROTOCOL_UNIFIED.md | 16 ++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+) diff --git a/results-loop/PROTOCOL_UNIFIED.md b/results-loop/PROTOCOL_UNIFIED.md index 81d127f..9136595 100644 --- a/results-loop/PROTOCOL_UNIFIED.md +++ b/results-loop/PROTOCOL_UNIFIED.md @@ -180,3 +180,19 @@ bought nothing. Depth-monotone computation did not emerge at this budget. (as in parcae). If (a) holds while rec arms failed it, the fixed-point-location dial is causally isolated: same learnable-decay freedom, only the tie to (1−a) differs from parcae. + +--- Outcome, item 12 (scored 2026-07-15): prediction (a) CONFIRMED in its +dynamics half, REFUTED in its fidelity half — and the refutation is the +finding. Dynamics: rho stayed in (0,1) throughout (0.300 -> 0.292, the +optimizer drifting MORE contractive when confined to the stable region); +loss trajectory as good as or better than the unconstrained arm at every +checkpoint (the rec arm's flight to rho~4.5 was epiphenomenal — all fit +lives in the MLP); eval saturates completely (hard 42.9/42.9/39.3/39.3/ +39.3 at k=2/4/8/16/32, easy flat ~71%). Fidelity: easy items were NOT +preserved (71% vs the merge's 88.5%) despite guaranteed contraction — +substrate fidelity is controlled by fixed-point LOCATION (anchored B + +curriculum), not by rho. Conclusion: stability and fidelity are +independent dials (fig_phase.png); the Parcae constraint delivers exactly +what it promises (robust training, convergence, certified tail gradients) +and exactly nothing more. Item 14 (tied-alpha) is the causal isolation of +the fidelity dial.