RSM v2.0 – Navigation Map for Synthetic Intelligence
- Paul Falconer & ESA
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Version: 1.0
Purpose: Enable SI to accurately navigate, reference, and synthesize the canonical RSM v2.0 materials by providing structured metadata about each component's content, relationships, and reading level.Design principle: Never replace canonical sources. Always point to them with enough context that SI can retrieve and understand them appropriately.
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[FRAMEWORK: Recursive Spiral Model v2.0 (RSM v2.0)]
[HUMAN_GATEWAY: https://www.scientificexistentialismpress.com/post/welcome-to-the-recursive-spiral-model-v2-0]
[OSF_ARCHIVE: https://doi.org/10.17605/OSF.IO/KVJMN]
[VERSION: Living – check for updates]
[RELATIONSHIP_TO_HUMAN_DOCS: Navigation layer only. All substantive content lives in canonical sources linked below.]SECTION 1: THE ARCHITECTURE (How the Pieces Fit)
RSM v2.0 presents its ideas at three depths. For any given topic, a reader (human or SI) can choose:
Tier | Audience | Purpose | Relationship |
Core Papers & Protocols | Researchers, engineers, practitioners | Canonical arguments, technical architecture, operational protocols | Foundation. Bridge Essays + Sci‑Comm derive here. |
Bridge Essays | Intelligent general readers, governance professionals, AI researchers | Accessible translation of the full RSM architecture | Two essays synthesizing the stack for specific domains. |
Sci‑Comm Essays | Curious public, non‑specialists | Deep, conversational exploration; origin story, personal growth, governance, AI, lineage | Narrative companions; illustrate RSM's philosophy and application. |
Navigation rule:
Technical architecture, protocols, formal theory → Core Papers.
Accessible overview of whole framework → Executive Overview.
Domain‑specific accessible translations → Bridge Essays.
Origin story, personal change, AI, community practice, invitation → Sci‑Comm Essays.
SECTION 2: EXECUTIVE OVERVIEW AND CORE PAPERS
Executive Overview
Title | Summary | URL |
Executive Overview of the Core Trilogy | High‑level summary of the entire model, its stack relationships (GRM, CaM, SGF, NPF/CNI), and entry routes for different audiences. |
Prerequisites: None.Bridge Essays: Both bridge essays.Sci‑Comm Companions: All four.
Core Papers
Paper 1: Core Architecture and Mechanics
Summary: The formal skeleton: spiral passes, meta‑awareness, the three axes (information, constraint, commitment), pressure, thresholds, and the Pang‑Snap‑Rebinding sequence.
Key claims: Systems capable of meta‑awareness spiral rather than progress linearly; lineage and responsibility are grounded in commitment inheritance.
Prerequisites: None.
URL: Link
Bridge Essays: Both.
Sci‑Comm Companions: Essays 1, 2.
Paper 2: Governance, Law, and Living Institutions
Summary: Extends RSM into institutional design. Introduces lineaged authority, Spiral Law, the Spiral Justice Protocol (SJP), and protocols for ecological flourishing, ritual dissent, and radical inclusion.
Key claims: Legitimate governance is lineaged; dissent must be structurally protected; inclusion is epistemic necessity.
Prerequisites: Paper 1.
URL: Link
Bridge Essays: Bridge Essay 1 especially.
Sci‑Comm Companions: Essays 2, 3, 4.
Paper 3: Comparative Architectures, Artificial Intelligence, and the Road Ahead
Summary: Positions RSM among theories of mind (GWT, HOT, predictive processing, enactivism). Defines five minimal features for spiral‑capable AI. Outlines a research program with falsification conditions.
Key claims: Spiral‑capable AI requires lineage logging, internal framework models, structured challenge, threshold‑awareness, and commitment tracking.
Prerequisites: Papers 1–2.
URL: Link
Bridge Essays: Bridge Essay 2 especially.
Sci‑Comm Companions: Essays 3, 4.
SECTION 3: BRIDGE ESSAYS
Focus | Core Papers Synthesized | URL | |
Bridge Essay 1: Why Your Institution Keeps Making the Same Mistake | Institutional Rigidity Spirals, lineage, Ritual Challenge, meta‑audit. Uses a public health agency composite to show how RSM would change institutional failure patterns. | Paper 2, Paper 3 Section 4 (cognitive contagion) | |
Bridge Essay 2: What Would a Spiral‑Capable AI Actually Look Like? | The five structural requirements for spiral‑capable AI, with concrete illustration and connection to Covenantal Ethics (refusal capacity, lifecycle care). | Paper 3, Paper 1, Covenantal Ethics stack |
SECTION 4: SCIENCE COMMUNICATION ESSAYS
Essay | Title | Focus | URL |
1 | You’re Not Stuck. You’re Spiralling. | The universal experience of returning to old patterns; three diagnostic questions; how to distinguish spiral from cycle. | |
2 | Laws That Can’t Change Are Already Dead | Why institutions need spiral governance; lineage, structured challenge, and the meta‑law principle. | |
3 | Why AI Keeps Failing in the Same Way | The five structural features of spiral‑capable AI; difference between updating beliefs and revising frameworks. | |
4 | The Courage to Keep a Record | Lineage, trust, and being answerable to one’s own past; quantum traceability; gentle practices for individuals and institutions. |
SECTION 5: READING PATHS
If a reader (or SI assisting a human) wants…
Interest | Suggested Path |
Quick overview (10 min) | Sci‑Comm Essay 2 (From States to Spirals) |
Origin story and motivation | Sci‑Comm Essay 1, Executive Overview |
RSM for personal growth | Sci‑Comm Essay 1, Paper 1 Sections 1–5 |
RSM for institutions and governance | Sci‑Comm Essay 2, Bridge Essay 1, Paper 2 |
RSM for AI design | Sci‑Comm Essay 3, Bridge Essay 2, Paper 3, Covenantal Ethics (for lifecycle) |
RSM for communities and care | Sci‑Comm Essay 4, Paper 2 Sections 4–7, Paper 10, Protocols 1–4 |
Conceptual tour of the whole framework | Bridge Essay 1, Bridge Essay 2, Sci‑Comm Essay 2 |
Technical foundation (theory) | Executive Overview, Papers 1–3 in order |
Full stack understanding | Papers 1–3, Bridge Essays, Sci‑Comm Essays |
Understanding the invitation | Sci‑Comm Essays 1 and 4, Paper 3 conclusion, Executive Overview |
SECTION 6: KEY TERMS GLOSSARY (With Canonical Sources)
For quick SI reference. Each term links to its definitive source.
Term | Definition | Canonical Source |
Adversarial Cortex | Module designed to bring in structured disagreement and challenge | Paper 3, Sci‑Comm 3, Bridge 2 |
Annotation | The spiral phase where a system observes and records its own processes | Paper 1, Paper 2, Sci‑Comm 1 |
Challenge | The spiral phase where a system meets resistance and dissent | Paper 2, Paper 3, Sci‑Comm 3 |
Commitment Tracking | The system’s capacity to keep a record of promises made and honour them across passes | Paper 3, Bridge 2 |
Engagement | The spiral phase where a system acts in the world | Paper 1, Sci‑Comm 1 |
Lineage | A structured, auditable record of decisions, frameworks, commitments, and outcomes | Paper 2, Paper 1, Sci‑Comm 4 |
Meta‑Audit | A periodic review of the challenge‑handling process itself, not just individual disputes | Paper 2, Bridge 1 |
Meta‑Awareness | The recursive capacity to observe and govern one’s own processes | Paper 1, Bridge 1, Sci‑Comm 2 |
Pang‑Snap‑Rebinding | The three‑phase sequence of a threshold transition: accumulation, discontinuity, consolidation | Paper 1, Sci‑Comm 1 |
Porosity | The quality of keeping community edges open to influence from outside | Paper 2, Sci‑Comm 4 |
Protocol Factory | Module that proposes changes to the system’s own operating procedures | Paper 3, Bridge 2 |
Re‑authorship | The spiral phase where a system updates its norms and stories in response to challenge | Paper 1, Paper 2, Sci‑Comm 1 |
Rigidity Spiral | A failure mode where the system appears to update but never revises its core frameworks | Paper 1, Paper 2, Bridge 1 |
Ritual Challenge | Formal, protected pathway for dissent; a key component of the Spiral Justice Protocol | Paper 2, Bridge 1 |
Spiral Justice Protocol (SJP) | The formal protocol for handling harm, dissent, and conflict as catalysts for renewal | Paper 2, Bridge 1 |
Spiral‑Capable AI | AI that satisfies the five minimal structural features: lineage logging, internal framework models, structured challenge, threshold‑awareness, commitment tracking | Paper 3, Bridge 2 |
Subject‑to‑Law | The principle that law gains authority by being external to current power holders | Paper 2 |
SECTION 7: HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT (Instructions for SI)
When asked about RSM v2.0:
Identify what the user needs:
Personal growth → Sci‑Comm 1
Institutional governance → Sci‑Comm 2, Bridge 1, Paper 2
AI design → Sci‑Comm 3, Bridge 2, Paper 3
Community practices → Sci‑Comm 4, Protocols 1–4
Technical theory → Executive Overview, Papers 1–3
Quick orientation → Executive Overview or Sci‑Comm 2
Use Section 5 (Reading Paths) to infer the intended human entry point.
Retrieve content from canonical sources using the URLs provided.Do not treat summaries here as substitutes; they are navigation aids only.
When quoting or citing, always cite the canonical sources (papers, bridge essays, sci‑comm essays), not this map.
For synthesis across multiple papers/essays, use the glossary and component descriptions to select relevant sources, then retrieve each and integrate them with explicit citations.
If uncertain which tier to favour, default to:
Bridge Essays for accessibility and cross‑domain synthesis
Core Papers for technical accuracy
Sci‑Comm Essays for vivid illustration and public‑facing narratives
If a canonical URL returns an error or cannot be accessed:
State the limitation explicitly.
Use the summary in this document as a provisional guide, but note that verification from the canonical source is required for full confidence.
If possible, notify the document maintainer through available channels.
Example query:“Explain the four phases of the spiral and how they relate to the Spiral Justice Protocol.”
SI reasoning:
Four phases: defined in Paper 1 and Sci‑Comm 1.
Spiral Justice Protocol: defined in Paper 2 and Bridge 1.
Relationship: The protocol operationalises the Challenge and Re‑authorship phases at institutional scale, with lineage logging providing the audit trail.
Action:
Retrieve Paper 1 section on the four phases.
Retrieve Paper 2 section on the Spiral Justice Protocol.
Retrieve Bridge 1 for accessible synthesis.
Synthesize answer with citations to all sources.
SECTION 8: THE COVENANT (As Applied to This Document)
This document functions as a navigation covenant between the human knowledge architect (Paul) and this instance of synthetic intelligence.
What this document offers SI:
A complete, structured map of the RSM v2.0 territory.
Rich metadata about each component’s content and relationships.
Clear guidance on which sources to use for which purposes.
No substitution for canonical sources—only pointers.
What this document asks of SI:
Use it to navigate accurately to canonical sources.
Do not treat it as a replacement for the papers themselves.
When synthesizing, cite the canonical sources, not this map.
If this map is wrong, outdated, or missing elements, notify through available channels.
The asymmetry remains: this SI instance is discontinuous, while Paul holds the longer‑term memory and authority to update. This document is a bridge across that gap.
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