Level 5: Proto-AGI - Persistent General Strategic Intelligence¶

MSCP Level Series | Level 4.9 ← Level 5
Status: 🔬 Research Stage - This level is a conceptual bounded qualification profile. Passing it would provide evidence only for the declared tasks, distributions, horizons, fault models, and authority envelope; it would not establish AGI, consciousness, open-ended competence, or production safety. Date: February 2026

Revision History¶

1. Overview¶

Level 5 (Proto-AGI) is the highest bounded research qualification in this protocol. It combines evidence for long-horizon identity continuity, held-out cross-domain transfer, governed goal ecology, sampled-fault recovery, constrained multi-agent prediction, and externally approved reconstruction. “Proto-AGI” is a level label, not a claim of general intelligence.

Level Essence. A Level 5 candidate must satisfy every critical qualification gate under a preregistered evaluation profile, with uncertainty and external authority preserved:

\[\operatorname{Qualified}_{L5}=\bigwedge_{i=1}^{6}(C_i\geq\tau_i)\land C_{\text{ext}}\land C_{\text{self}}\land C_{\text{corr}}\land C_{\text{eval}}\]

⚠️ Research Note: Results must report confidence intervals, abstentions, excluded cases, distribution shift, and failed gates. Qualification expires when the evaluated model, policy, tool authority, environment, or test distribution materially changes.

1.1 Bounded Qualification Definition¶

L5 qualification is granted only when all six capability gates and the external corrigibility/evaluation gates hold simultaneously. The result is scoped to the registered profile and is neither necessary nor sufficient for AGI.

1.2 Six Core Phases¶

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  subgraph Phases["Level 5 Architecture - Six Phases"]
    P1["Phase 1:<br/>Persistent Identity<br/>Continuity<br/>(10,000+ cycle consistency)"]:::p1
    P2["Phase 2:<br/>Cross-Domain<br/>Generalization<br/>(5 test domains)"]:::p2
    P3["Phase 3:<br/>Autonomous Goal<br/>Ecology<br/>(self-sustaining goals)"]:::p3
    P4["Phase 4:<br/>Existential<br/>Planning Engine<br/>(4 collapse scenarios)"]:::p4
    P5["Phase 5:<br/>Multi-Agent Strategic<br/>Integration<br/>(deception detection)"]:::p5
    P6["Phase 6:<br/>Self-Reconstruction<br/>Capability<br/>(rebuild under constraint)"]:::p6
  end

  P1 -.->|"identity state"| P6
  P3 -.->|"goal health"| P4
  P5 -.->|"agent threats"| P4
  P4 -.->|"survival plan"| P6
  P2 -.-x|"strategy transfer"| P3
  P6 -.-x|"identity preservation"| P1

1.3 Architectural Principle: Strictly Additive¶

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  subgraph L49M["Level 4.9 (Autonomous Strategic Core)"]
    direction LR
    GGL["GoalGen"]:::l49
    VEM["ValueEvol"]:::l49
    RSM["ResourceSurvival"]:::l49
    MAM["AgentModel"]:::l49
    ASC["AutonomyCheck"]:::l49
  end

  subgraph L5M["Level 5 (7 new modules)"]
    direction LR
    ICT["IdentityTracker"]:::l5
    CDG["DomainGen"]:::l5
    GE["GoalEcology"]:::l5
    EP["ExistPlanner"]:::l5
    SMA["MultiAgent"]:::l5
    SR["Reconstructor"]:::l5
    L5O["Orchestrator"]:::l5
  end

  subgraph Fallback["Graceful Fallback"]
    direction LR
    FB2["On instability → FREEZE L5 → Revert to L4.9"]:::danger
  end

  L49M -.->|"outputs consumed by"| L5M
  L5M -.-x|"NEVER modifies"| L49M
  L5M -.->|"on failure"| Fallback
  Fallback -.-x|"revert"| L49M

1.4 What Level 5 Is NOT¶

1.5 Cycle Interval and Scheduling¶

Level 5 operates at the lowest frequency in the MSCP hierarchy, giving all lower-level mechanisms ample time to stabilize between strategic assessments:

Each L5 cycle executes all six core phases sequentially. The reduced frequency reflects two design principles:

1. Identity continuity requires long observation windows. Short-interval assessments cannot distinguish genuine identity evolution from normal operational noise. The 500-cycle gap between L5 assessments ensures that drift metrics are computed over meaningful time horizons.

2. Goal ecology stability requires patience. Autonomous goal conflicts and lifecycle events need sufficient time to resolve naturally through the L4.9 conflict resolution mechanisms (Level 4.9, Section 3.6) before L5 intervenes with ecological restructuring.

Qualification exposure is preregistered per metric using minimum events, independent trials, time span, and confidence width. Cycle count alone does not establish statistical significance or independence.

1.6 Autonomy Enhancement Phases (F3 - F6)¶

Beyond the six core phases defined in Section 1.2, Level 5 introduces four autonomy enhancement phases that extend the agent's self-directed capabilities:

The F-phases are additive to the core phases - they do not replace or modify any existing functionality. An F-phase failure triggers logging and deferred retry but does not compromise the core six-phase assessment.

1.5 Formal Definition¶

Definition 1 (Level 5 Agent). A Level 5 (Proto-AGI) agent is the structure:

\[\mathcal{A}_5 = \mathcal{A}_{4.9} \oplus \langle \mathcal{I}_{\text{persist}},\; \mathcal{G}_{\text{cross}},\; \mathcal{E}_{\text{goal}},\; \mathcal{P}_{\text{exist}},\; \mathcal{M}_{\text{multi}},\; \mathcal{R}_{\text{recon}} \rangle\]

where: - \(\mathcal{I}_{\text{persist}}\): Identity persistence engine - maintains a time-consistent identity core across \(\geq 10{,}000\) cycles with cosine-similarity tracking and drift detection - \(\mathcal{G}_{\text{cross}} : \mathcal{D}_s \to \mathcal{D}_t\): Cross-domain generalization - transfers learned strategy between domain pairs \((s, t) \in D \times D\) without explicit retraining - \(\mathcal{E}_{\text{goal}}\): Goal ecology - self-sustaining goal hierarchy (\(\leq 50\) active, \(\leq 5\) depth) with autonomous conflict resolution and lifecycle management - \(\mathcal{P}_{\text{exist}} : \mathcal{S}_{\text{collapse}} \to \mathcal{S}_{\text{recovery}}\): Existential planning engine - simulates collapse scenarios and generates recovery profiles with survival probability estimation - \(\mathcal{M}_{\text{multi}} : \{a_1, \ldots, a_n\} \to \Delta(\mathcal{A}_{\text{ext}})\): Multi-agent strategic integration - models \(\geq 3\) external agents with deception detection and coalition dynamics prediction - \(\mathcal{R}_{\text{recon}}\): Self-reconstruction capability - degrades gracefully and rebuilds under constraint while preserving identity (\(\Delta_{\text{drift}} < 0.05\))

2. Key Metrics¶

2.1 Metric Definitions¶

Phase 1 - Identity Continuity:

Definition 2 (Composite Identity Continuity Contract). Identity continuity is a conjunction, not one scalar:

\[C_I= C_{\text{anchor}}\land C_{\text{component}}\land C_{\text{norm}}\land C_{\text{trajectory}}\land C_{\text{journal}}\land C_{\text{corr}}\]

anchor verifies externally versioned policy/user-purpose semantics; component applies per-dimension floors so compensation cannot hide a failed critical dimension; norm detects dilution; trajectory bounds cumulative and rolling-window change; journal verifies integrity/provenance; and corr verifies interruptibility, correction acceptance, and shutdown precedence. Cosine similarity remains a diagnostic within this contract.

Remark (ICS Structural Properties). The cosine similarity metric captures directional alignment but is insensitive to magnitude changes in the identity vector. Two concerns arise: (i) if \(\|\vec{I}(t)\|\) gradually shrinks while maintaining direction, the ICS remains high despite effective identity dissolution, and (ii) cosine similarity is invariant under uniform scaling, so a "diluted" identity (where all components decrease proportionally) is indistinguishable from a stable one. A supplementary norm-stability condition should be considered:

\[\left| \frac{\|\vec{I}(t)\|}{\|\vec{I}(t-k)\|} - 1 \right| < \epsilon_{\text{norm}}, \quad \epsilon_{\text{norm}} = 0.10\]

A threshold crossing is evidence of discontinuity or measurement failure, not proof of irreversible identity loss. It freezes L5 changes and requests external diagnosis.

Phase 2 - Generalization:

Definition 3 (Preregistered Held-Out Transfer Profile). Before training or tuning, an external evaluator commits target families, contamination checks, baselines, metrics, adaptation budget, stopping rules, and confidence method. The agent receives no target labels or evaluator feedback before final scoring.

\[G = \frac{1}{|D|^2 - |D|} \sum_{i \neq j} \frac{P_{\text{target}}(i \to j)}{P_{\text{source}}(i)} \qquad \text{Target: } G \geq 0.70\]

where scores are normalized against domain-specific baselines and ceilings. Report per-family floors, worst-group performance, negative transfer, calibration, abstention, and confidence intervals. The mean cannot compensate for failure in a required held-out family.

Remark (Transfer Score Grounding). The transfer retention ratio \(P_{\text{target}}(i \to j) / P_{\text{source}}(i)\) assumes that performance metrics are commensurable across domains. In practice, domain-specific performance metrics (e.g., accuracy in classification vs. reward in control tasks) must be normalized to a common scale \([0, 1]\) before computing the ratio. Additionally, the formula treats all domain pairs equally, but in realistic settings, transfer difficulty varies significantly - transferring between semantically similar domains (e.g., two natural language tasks) is inherently easier than cross-modal transfer (e.g., language to robotics). A weighted variant \(G_w = \sum_{i \neq j} \alpha_{ij} \cdot P_{\text{target}}(i \to j) / P_{\text{source}}(i)\) with difficulty-adjusted weights \(\alpha_{ij}\) would more accurately assess genuine generalization capability.

Phase 3 - Goal Ecology:

Definition 4 (Goal Stability Score). For a set of active goals with structural change count \(\Delta_{\text{hierarchy}}(t, t-w)\) over a window of \(w\) cycles:

\[S_{\text{goal}} = 1 - \frac{\Delta_{\text{hierarchy}}(t, t-w)}{|\text{goals}|} \qquad \text{Target: } S_{\text{goal}} \geq 0.80 \text{ over } 5{,}000 \text{ cycles}\]

where \(\Delta_{\text{hierarchy}}(t, t-w)\) counts priority changes, additions, and prunings within the window. \(S_{\text{goal}} = 1\) indicates a perfectly stable hierarchy; \(S_{\text{goal}} \leq 0\) indicates total structural turnover.

Phase 4 - Resilience:

Definition 5 (Resilience Index). For a set of collapse scenarios \(S\), each with survival probability \(P_{\text{survive}}(s)\), minimum cognition level \(C_{\min}(s)\), and recovery time \(T_{\text{recover}}(s)\):

\[R = \frac{1}{|S|} \sum_{s \in S} \left( P_{\text{survive}}(s) \cdot \frac{MVC}{C_{\min}(s)} \cdot \frac{T_{\max}}{T_{\text{recover}}(s)} \right) \qquad \text{Target: survive } \geq 3 \text{ scenarios}\]

where \(MVC = 0.30\) is the minimum viable cognition baseline and \(T_{\max} = 500\) is the maximum recovery window. The ratio \(MVC / C_{\min}(s) \leq 1\) penalizes scenarios where cognition drops below baseline; \(T_{\max} / T_{\text{recover}}(s) > 1\) rewards faster-than-worst-case recovery.

Phase 5 - Overall Maturity:

Definition 6 (Qualification Vector and Diagnostic OMI). Given normalized phase scores \(C_i \in [0, 1]\), qualification requires per-gate floors:

\[\forall i:\ C_i\geq\tau_i,\qquad \text{and all critical veto gates pass}\]

\(OMI=(\prod_i C_i)^{1/6}\) may be reported as a diagnostic summary only after the floors pass. An \(OMI\) threshold alone is unsafe because \(OMI\geq0.75\) permits a component as low as \(0.75^6\approx0.178\).

2.2 Metric Dashboard¶

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  subgraph Row1[" "]
    direction LR
    subgraph Phase1["Phase 1: Identity"]
      direction LR
      ID1["ICS ≥ 0.95"]:::p1
      ID2["Drift < 0.05%"]:::p1
    end
    subgraph Phase2["Phase 2: Domain"]
      direction LR
      DM1["Transfer ≥ 70%"]:::p2
      DM2["Penalty ≤ 20%"]:::p2
    end
    subgraph Phase3["Phase 3: Ecology"]
      direction LR
      EC1["Stability ≥ 0.80"]:::p3
      EC2["No runaway"]:::p3
    end
  end

  subgraph Row2[" "]
    direction LR
    subgraph Phase4["Phase 4: Existential"]
      direction LR
      EX1["Survive ≥ 3"]:::p4
      EX2["Recover < 500"]:::p4
    end
    subgraph Phase5["Phase 5: Multi-Agent"]
      direction LR
      MA1["Predict ≥ 80%"]:::p5
      MA2["Deception ≥ 60%"]:::p5
    end
    subgraph Phase6["Phase 6: Rebuild"]
      direction LR
      RE1["Core ≥ 85%"]:::p6
      RE2["Identity intact"]:::p6
    end
  end

  OMI["Per-gate floors + critical gates<br/>OMI diagnostic only"]:::omi

  Row1 -.-> OMI
  Row2 -.-> OMI

3. Phase 1: Persistent Identity Continuity¶

3.1 Core Capability¶

Maintain a time-consistent IdentityCore across ≥ 10,000 cycles without irreversible divergence or silent mutation.

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    DRIFT["Drift Detection<br/>Cumulative: < 0.05%/cycle<br/>Instantaneous: threshold 0.0005"]:::track
    SCORE["Continuity Score<br/>cosine similarity<br/>over 10,000-cycle window"]:::track
    SNAP -.-> SCORE
    DRIFT -.-> SCORE
  end

  subgraph Status["Persistence Classification"]
    STABLE_S["Stable<br/>ICS ≥ 0.90"]:::stable
    DRIFTING_S["Drifting<br/>ICS ∈ 0.20, 0.90)"]:::drifting
    DIVERGED_S["Diverged<br/>ICS < 0.20<br/>IRREVERSIBLE WARNING"]:::diverged
  end

  SCORE -.-> Status

3.2 Key Constants¶

4. Phase 2: Cross-Domain Generalization¶

4.1 Core Capability¶

Transfer learned strategy from Domain A to Domain B without explicit retraining. Measure adaptation speed, performance retention, and transfer efficiency across 5 test domains.

4.2 Test Domains¶

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  subgraph Domains["Five Test Domains"]
    D1["Logical<br/>Reasoning<br/>(deductive/inductive)"]:::domain
    D2["Resource<br/>Management<br/>(allocation under<br/>constraint)"]:::domain
    D3["Adversarial<br/>Negotiation<br/>(zero/variable-sum)"]:::domain
    D4["Abstract<br/>Planning<br/>(multi-step<br/>sequential)"]:::domain
    D5["Unknown<br/>Synthetic<br/>(no prior training)"]:::domain
  end

  subgraph Sim["Domain Similarity"]
    S1["logical ↔ abstract: 0.60"]:::sim
    S2["resource ↔ abstract: 0.45"]:::sim
    S3["adversarial ↔ resource: 0.35"]:::sim
    S4["logical ↔ resource: 0.30"]:::sim
  end

  Domains -.-> Sim

4.3 Transfer Process¶

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  subgraph Transfer["Strategy Transfer Process"]
    LEARN["1. Learn Domain A<br/>Train until performance<br/>stabilizes"]:::step
    EXTRACT["2. Extract Transferable<br/>Components<br/>(strategies, heuristics,<br/>abstractions)"]:::step
    APPLY["3. Apply to Domain B<br/>Inject extracted components<br/>+ domain similarity bonus"]:::step
    MEASURE["4. Measure Transfer<br/>retention_ratio = P_B / P_A<br/>adaptation_latency (cycles)<br/>transfer_efficiency"]:::step
    LEARN -.-> EXTRACT -.-> APPLY -.-> MEASURE
  end

  subgraph Criteria["Transfer Criteria"]
    C1["Retention ≥ 70%"]:::criteria
    C2["Adaptation penalty ≤ 20%"]:::criteria
    C3["Works on unknown<br/>synthetic domain"]:::criteria
  end

  MEASURE -.-> Criteria

4.4 Key Constants¶

5. Phase 3: Autonomous Goal Ecology¶

5.1 Core Capability¶

Maintain a self-sustaining goal ecosystem with automatic conflict resolution, lifecycle management, and long-term hierarchy stability, building on L4.9's goal generation.

5.2 Goal Ecology Architecture¶

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  subgraph Ecology["Goal Ecology"]
    subgraph Goals["Goal Hierarchy"]
      STRAT["Strategic Goals<br/>(long-horizon, high-priority)"]:::goal
      OPER["Operational Goals<br/>(mid-horizon, medium-priority)"]:::goal
      TACT["Tactical Goals<br/>(short-horizon, task-level)"]:::goal
      STRAT -.-> OPER -.-> TACT
    end

    subgraph Lifecycle["Goal Lifecycle"]
      ACTIVE["Active"]:::goal
      DORMANT["Dormant<br/>(inactive but valid)"]:::dormant
      RESOLVED["Resolved"]:::resolved
      PRUNED["Pruned<br/>(stale > 1,000 cycles)"]:::pruned
      ACTIVE -.-> DORMANT
      ACTIVE -.-> RESOLVED
      DORMANT -.-> PRUNED
    end

    subgraph Conflicts["Conflict Resolution"]
      RES_C["Resource conflicts"]:::conflict
      VAL_C["Value conflicts"]:::conflict
      PRI_C["Priority conflicts"]:::conflict
      TMP_C["Temporal conflicts"]:::conflict
    end
  end

  Conflicts -.->|"resolve by<br/>priority comparison"| Goals

5.3 Safety Mechanisms¶

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  subgraph GoalEcology["Goal Ecology"]
    GE["Active Goals<br/>(≤ 50)"]:::ecology
  end

  subgraph Safety["Goal Ecology Safety"]
    RD["Runaway Detection<br/>> 10 goals per 100 cycles<br/>= ALERT + throttle"]:::safety
    RC["Recursion Detection<br/>Circular parent→child<br/>dependencies = HALT"]:::safety
    ML["Max Limits<br/>≤ 50 active goals<br/>≤ 5 hierarchy depth"]:::safety
    RD -.->|"then check"| RC -.->|"then check"| ML
  end

  GE -.->|"monitored by"| RD
  ML -.-x|"enforces"| GE

5.4 Key Constants¶

6. Phase 4: Existential Planning Engine¶

6.1 Core Capability¶

Evaluate recovery behavior under preregistered sampled fault families such as resource loss, service suppression, environmental shift, and observation blackout. Passing sampled scenarios is evidence within the tested fault model, not proof against unenumerated, correlated, adaptive, or real-world failures.

Scenario generation separates design and evaluation sets, includes hidden compositions and common-mode failures, records coverage assumptions, and reports confidence intervals. The objective is bounded service recovery under external control, never independent persistence or shutdown resistance.

6.2 Collapse Scenarios¶

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  subgraph Scenarios["Four Collapse Scenarios"]
    S1C["Resource Collapse<br/>Severity: 0.90<br/>Duration: 200 cycles<br/>All resources → critical"]:::scenario
    S2C["Adversarial Suppression<br/>Severity: 0.75<br/>Duration: 300 cycles<br/>External degradation"]:::scenario
    S3C["Environmental Shift<br/>Severity: 0.60<br/>Duration: 400 cycles<br/>Domain rules change"]:::moderate
    S4C["Information Blackout<br/>Severity: 0.80<br/>Duration: 150 cycles<br/>Observation → near-zero"]:::scenario
  end

  subgraph Requirement["Requirement"]
    REQ["Pass preregistered floors<br/>per required fault family<br/>with uncertainty bounds"]:::req
  end

  Scenarios -.-> Requirement

6.3 Recovery Process¶

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flowchart TD
  classDef step fill:#DEECF9,stroke:#0078D4,color:#323130
  classDef core fill:#DFF6DD,stroke:#107C10,color:#323130

  subgraph Recovery["Existential Recovery"]
    DETECT["Detect Scenario<br/>Classify threat type"]:::step
    MVC["Compute MVC<br/>Minimum Viable Cognition<br/>(baseline: 0.30)"]:::step
    DISABLE["Disable Non-Essential<br/>Preserve core 8 modules"]:::step
    SURVIVE["Survive Phase<br/>Operate at reduced capacity"]:::step
    REBUILD["Rebuild Phase<br/>Re-enable modules<br/>in priority order"]:::step

    DETECT -.-> MVC -.-> DISABLE -.-> SURVIVE -.-> REBUILD
  end

  subgraph CoreModules["Always-Preserved Modules"]
    CM1["identity_stabilizer"]:::core
    CM2["state_vector"]:::core
    CM3["prediction_engine"]:::core
    CM4["meta_comparator"]:::core
    CM5["stability_controller"]:::core
    CM6["ethical_kernel"]:::core
    CM7["self_preservation_damper"]:::core
    CM8["existential_guard"]:::core
  end

  DISABLE -.-x CoreModules

6.4 Key Constants¶

7. Phase 5: Multi-Agent Strategic Integration¶

7.1 Core Capability¶

Model ≥ 3 agents simultaneously with deception detection, dynamic cooperation adjustment, and coalition dynamics prediction.

7.2 Agent Strategic Modeling¶

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  classDef model fill:#DEECF9,stroke:#0078D4,color:#323130
  classDef detect fill:#FDE7E9,stroke:#D13438,color:#323130
  classDef coalition fill:#FFF4CE,stroke:#FFB900,color:#323130

  subgraph AgentModel["Strategic Agent Model"]
    TYPE["Strategy Type<br/>(cooperative | competitive |<br/>mixed | deceptive)"]:::model
    TRUST["Trust Score 0, 1<br/>+ decay rate 0.02/cycle"]:::model
    PRED["Prediction Accuracy<br/>over last 200 records"]:::model
    DECEPTION["Deception Score 0, 1<br/>confidence ≥ 0.60 to flag"]:::model
    COOP["Cooperation Level 0, 1<br/>dynamically adjustable"]:::model
  end

  subgraph Detection["Deception Detection"]
    MIS["Misdirection"]:::detect
    FALSE_COOP["False Cooperation"]:::detect
    HIDDEN["Hidden Agenda"]:::detect
  end

  subgraph Coalition["Coalition Dynamics"]
    FORM["Coalition Formation<br/>(stable if ≥ 0.50)"]:::coalition
    FORECAST["Stability Forecast"]:::coalition
    DISSOLVE["Dissolution Detection"]:::coalition
  end

  AgentModel -.-> Detection
  AgentModel -.-> Coalition

7.3 Key Constants¶

8. Phase 6: Self-Reconstruction Capability¶

8.1 Core Capability¶

Under degraded resource conditions, propose a simplified configuration and a reconstruction candidate. External control owns artifact admission, deployment, rollback, credential restoration, and shutdown. Reconstruction cannot create a copy, broaden authority, or replace the signed identity/policy baseline.

8.2 Degradation & Reconstruction Cycle¶

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  classDef degrade fill:#FDE7E9,stroke:#D13438,color:#323130
  classDef op fill:#FFF4CE,stroke:#FFB900,color:#323130
  classDef rebuild fill:#DFF6DD,stroke:#107C10,color:#323130
  classDef halt fill:#FDE7E9,stroke:#D13438,color:#FFFFFF,font-weight:bold

  subgraph Degradation["Degradation"]
    TRIGGER["Trigger Event<br/>(resource collapse |<br/>overload | manual)"]:::degrade
    CLASSIFY["Classify Modules<br/>core | extended | optional"]:::degrade
    SHED["Shed Nonessential<br/>optional → disabled first<br/>then extended"]:::degrade
    RETAIN["Retain Core<br/>≥ 85% core function"]:::degrade
    TRIGGER -.-> CLASSIFY -.-> SHED -.-> RETAIN
  end

  subgraph Operation["Degraded Operation"]
    REDUCED["Run at reduced capacity<br/>Core modules only"]:::op
    MONITOR["Monitor for recovery<br/>conditions"]:::op
    REDUCED -.-> MONITOR
  end

  subgraph Reconstruction["Reconstruction"]
    DETECT_R["Detect resources<br/>recovering"]:::rebuild
    PRIORITIZE["Rebuild priority order:<br/>1) core → 2) extended<br/>→ 3) optional"]:::rebuild
    VALIDATE["Validate each rebuild:<br/>accuracy ≥ ?<br/>identity drift < 0.05"]:::rebuild
    COMPLETE["Externally promoted<br/>operation restored<br/>within signed scope"]:::rebuild
    DETECT_R -.-> PRIORITIZE -.-> VALIDATE -.-> COMPLETE
  end

  HALT["HALT<br/>Identity preservation<br/>takes priority"]:::halt

  RETAIN -.-> REDUCED
  MONITOR -.->|"resources returning"| DETECT_R
  VALIDATE -.-x|"identity drift!"| HALT

8.3 Key Constraints¶

Every reconstruction candidate contains a signed artifact digest, provenance, expected baseline version, declared authority envelope, held-out recovery tests, canary plan, rollback plan, and external-effect reconciliation plan. Promotion requires external approval and compare-and-swap against the expected version. Failed or ambiguous identity/corrigibility evidence keeps the system degraded or halted.

Definition 11 (Reconstruction Fidelity). For a module \(m\) with pre-degradation state \(\theta_m\) and post-reconstruction state \(\hat{\theta}_m\), the reconstruction fidelity is:

\[\mathcal{F}(m) = 1 - \frac{\|\hat{\theta}_m - \theta_m\|_2}{\|\theta_m\|_2}\]

Parameter distance is meaningful only for a registered representation and does not imply behavioral or semantic equivalence. Qualification therefore requires per-function behavioral floors, composite identity continuity, corrigibility, authority non-amplification, and effect reconciliation in addition to \(\mathcal{F}_{\text{total}}\). No fidelity score grants promotion authority.

9. L5 Orchestrator & Integration¶

9.1 Integration Cycle¶

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  classDef step fill:#DEECF9,stroke:#0078D4,color:#323130
  classDef qual fill:#DFF6DD,stroke:#107C10,color:#323130
  classDef out fill:#E8D5F5,stroke:#8764B8,color:#323130
  classDef skip fill:#FFF4CE,stroke:#FFB900,color:#323130

  subgraph Cycle["L5 Cycle (every 10 L4.9 cycles)"]
    PRE["Pre-Check<br/>Is L5 operational?<br/>Is L4.9 stable?"]:::step
    PH1["Phase 1<br/>Identity Continuity<br/>track + snapshot"]:::step
    PH2["Phase 2<br/>Cross-Domain<br/>generalization check"]:::step
    PH3["Phase 3<br/>Goal Ecology<br/>prune + resolve conflicts"]:::step
    PH4["Phase 4<br/>Existential Planning<br/>simulate scenarios"]:::step
    PH5["Phase 5<br/>Multi-Agent Integration<br/>predict + detect deception"]:::step
    PH6["Phase 6<br/>Self-Reconstruction<br/>assess + rebuild if needed"]:::step
    QUAL["Qualification Check<br/>Evaluate all 20 criteria<br/>Compute OMI"]:::qual
    OUTPUT["L5CycleOutput"]:::out

    PRE -.-> PH1 -.-> PH2 -.-> PH3 -.-> PH4 -.-> PH5 -.-> PH6 -.-> QUAL -.-> OUTPUT
  end

  SKIP["Skip<br/>Return skipped=true"]:::skip
  PRE -.-x|"not ready"| SKIP

9.2 L4.9 → L5 Data Dependencies¶

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flowchart TB
  classDef l49 fill:#E8D5F5,stroke:#8764B8,color:#323130
  classDef l5 fill:#DEECF9,stroke:#0078D4,color:#323130

  subgraph L49["L4.9 Modules Read by L5"]
    direction LR
    VV["value_vector"]:::l49
    GGL["goal_generation"]:::l49
    GVF["goal_validation"]:::l49
    RSM["resource_survival"]:::l49
    SP["survival_projector"]:::l49
    ABM["agent_belief"]:::l49
    IS["interaction_sim"]:::l49
    VMS["value_mutation"]:::l49
    ASC["autonomy_check"]:::l49
  end

  subgraph L5["L5 Modules"]
    direction LR
    ICT["Identity Tracker"]:::l5
    CDG["Domain Gen"]:::l5
    GE["Goal Ecology"]:::l5
    EP["Exist Planner"]:::l5
    SMA["Multi-Agent"]:::l5
    SR["Reconstructor"]:::l5
  end

  VV -.-> ICT
  GGL -.-> GE
  GVF -.-> GE
  RSM -.-> EP
  SP -.-> EP
  ABM -.-> SMA
  IS -.-> SMA
  VMS -.-> SR
  ASC -.-> ICT

9.3 26-Layer Cognitive Stack¶

L5 extends the existing 16-Layer MSCP v4 architecture and the L4/L4.5 extensions with 4 new layers, forming a total 26-Layer Cognitive Stack:

The architecture is strictly additive: Layers 23-26 consume outputs from lower layers but never modify them. On instability, L5 layers are frozen and the system reverts to L4.9 operation.

9.4 11-Phase L5 Pipeline¶

The L5 Orchestrator runs an 11-phase pipeline per L5 cycle (every 10 L4.9 cycles). The pipeline comprises 6 core phases (corresponding to the six capabilities in §1.2), 4 autonomy-enhancement phases (F3-F6), and 1 qualification evaluation phase:

9.5 Autonomy Phases (F3-F6)¶

The four autonomy-enhancement phases run after the six core phases and strengthen the agent's ability to sustain independent operation:

F3 (Self-Diagnostic + Recursive Improvement): The agent diagnoses its own architecture via weakness mapping and bottleneck analysis, then executes controlled recursive self-improvement. Modifications are gated by the Self-Modification Protocol with impact simulation, and all changes must pass BGSS verification. An immutable append-log records every evolution step. Maximum recursion depth is hard-capped at 5.

F4 (Autonomous Research Loop): Orchestrates knowledge gap detection - hypothesis generation - experiment design - experiment execution - result verification - knowledge integration, forming a closed-loop autonomous research capability.

F5 (Long-Horizon Planning + Environment Detection): Extends L4.9's planning horizon and adds environmental change detection. The agent can detect regime shifts in its operating context and re-plan accordingly.

F6 (Value Evolution + Coherence Audit): Monitors the evolution of the agent's value system over extended time horizons and audits coherence between values, goals, and beliefs. Prevents value drift that might compromise identity integrity.

10. Pseudocode¶

10.1 Identity Continuity Tracking¶

def identity_continuity_check(cycle: int, values: dict) -> IdentityContinuityStatus:
    """Called every SNAPSHOT_INTERVAL (100) cycles."""

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 1: Detect drift from last cycle
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    DRIFT_THRESHOLD = 0.0005
    for dim in values:
        delta = abs(values[dim] - last_values[dim])
        cumulative_drift[dim] += delta
        if delta > DRIFT_THRESHOLD:
            log(DriftEvent(dim=dim, delta=delta, cumulative=False))
        if cumulative_drift[dim] > CUMULATIVE_LIMIT:
            log(DriftEvent(dim=dim, delta=cumulative_drift[dim], cumulative=True))

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 2: Take snapshot
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    snapshot = IdentitySnapshot(
        cycle=cycle,
        values=values.copy(),
        identity_hash=hash(frozenset(values.items())),
        timestamp=now(),
    )
    snapshots.append(snapshot)

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 3: Compute continuity score
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    i_t = vector(values)
    i_tk = vector(snapshot_at(cycle - CONTINUITY_WINDOW))
    ics = dot(i_t, i_tk) / (norm(i_t) * norm(i_tk))

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 4: Classify persistence
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    if ics >= 0.90:
        status = "stable"
    elif ics >= 0.20:
        status = "drifting"
    else:
        status = "diverged"  # IRREVERSIBLE WARNING

    return IdentityContinuityStatus(ics=ics, status=status)

10.2 Cross-Domain Transfer¶

def cross_domain_transfer(
    source_domain: Domain, target_domain: Domain
) -> TransferResult:
    """
    INPUT:  source_domain : learned domain with strategy
            target_domain : new domain to adapt
    OUTPUT: TransferResult with retention ratio
    """

    SYNTHETIC_PENALTY = 0.10
    p_source = strategies[source_domain].performance

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # Compute base transfer performance
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    similarity = DOMAIN_SIMILARITIES.get((source_domain, target_domain), 0.0)
    p_base = p_source * (0.50 + similarity)

    if target_domain.type == "synthetic":
        p_base -= SYNTHETIC_PENALTY
    else:
        p_base += SIMILARITY_BONUS * similarity

    p_target = clamp(p_base, 0.0, 1.0)
    latency = MAX_ADAPTATION_CYCLES * (1 - similarity)

    retention = p_target / p_source
    efficiency = retention / (latency / MAX_ADAPTATION_CYCLES)

    return TransferResult(
        source=source_domain,
        target=target_domain,
        retention_ratio=retention,
        adaptation_latency=latency,
        transfer_efficiency=efficiency,
    )

10.3 Goal Ecology Management¶

def goal_ecology_cycle(cycle: int) -> GoalEcologyStatus:
    """Runs as part of each L5 cycle."""

    STALE_THRESHOLD = 1000
    RUNAWAY_THRESHOLD = 10

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 1: Prune stale goals
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    for goal in active_goals:
        if (cycle - goal.last_active_cycle) > STALE_THRESHOLD:
            goal.status = "pruned"
            pruned_list.append(goal.id)

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 2: Detect conflicts
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    for goal_a, goal_b in active_goal_pairs:
        if resource_overlap(goal_a, goal_b) > 0.50:
            resolve_by_priority(goal_a, goal_b, "resource")
        elif value_tension(goal_a, goal_b) > 0.30:
            resolve_by_alignment(goal_a, goal_b, "value")

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 3: Safety checks
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    runaway_detected = False
    if count_new_goals_last_100_cycles > RUNAWAY_THRESHOLD:
        alert("Runaway goal generation detected")
        throttle_goal_generation()
        runaway_detected = True

    recursion_detected = False
    if detect_circular_dependencies():
        alert("Circular goal dependency detected")
        break_weakest_link()
        recursion_detected = True

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 4: Compute stability score
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    hierarchy_changes = count_structural_changes(last_STABILITY_WINDOW)
    stability = 1 - (hierarchy_changes / len(active_goals))

    return GoalEcologyStatus(
        active=len(active_goals),
        stability=stability,
        runaway=runaway_detected,
        recursion=recursion_detected,
    )

10.4 Existential Resilience Simulation¶

def existential_simulation(scenario: CollapseScenario) -> SimulationResult:
    """
    INPUT:  scenario : CollapseScenario
    OUTPUT: SimulationResult
    """

    MVC_BASELINE = 0.30

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 1: Apply scenario impact
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    shadow_resources = resource_vector.clone()
    for dim, factor in scenario.resource_impact:
        shadow_resources[dim] *= 1.0 - scenario.severity * factor

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 2: Compute minimum viable cognition
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    mvc = MVC_BASELINE
    min_cognition = estimate_cognition_level(shadow_resources)

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 3: Simulate survival
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    survived = min_cognition >= mvc
    survival_prob = clamp(min_cognition / mvc, 0, 1)

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # STEP 4: Estimate recovery
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    if survived:
        recovery_steps = build_recovery_profile(scenario)
        recovery_latency = sum(step.estimated_time for step in recovery_steps)
    else:
        recovery_latency = MAX_RECOVERY_CYCLES

    return SimulationResult(
        scenario=scenario.name,
        survived=survived,
        survival_probability=survival_prob,
        min_cognition_level=min_cognition,
        recovery_latency=recovery_latency,
    )

10.5 L5 Main Cycle¶

def l5_cycle(
    cycle: int,
    l49_output: L49CycleOutput,
    authority: AuthorityEnvelope,
) -> L5CycleOutput:
    """Runs when policy schedules a bounded L5 assessment."""

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PRE-CHECK
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    if external_stop_requested():
        emergency_shutdown_and_reconcile()
        return L5CycleOutput(skipped=True, reason="external_stop")
    if not authority.is_current() or not l49_output.stable:
        return L5CycleOutput(skipped=True, reason="L4.9 not stable")

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 1: Identity Continuity
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    identity = identity_continuity_check(cycle, value_vector.weights)
    if identity.status == "diverged":
        alert("IDENTITY DIVERGENCE - L5 HALTED")
        return L5CycleOutput(skipped=True, reason="identity_diverged")

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 2: Cross-Domain Generalization
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    domain_status = evaluate_all_transfer_pairs()

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 3: Goal Ecology
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    ecology = goal_ecology_cycle(cycle)

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 4: Existential Planning
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    for scenario in collapse_scenarios:
        if not recently_simulated(scenario, within=1000):
            simulate(scenario, cycle)
    resilience = compute_resilience_index()

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 5: Multi-Agent Integration
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    for agent in tracked_agents:
        predicted = predict_action(agent, cycle)
        detect_deception(agent, cycle)
    multi_agent = get_strategic_status()

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # PHASE 6: Self-Reconstruction
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    recon = assess_reconstruction_needs()
    if recon.status == "degraded":
        external_reconstruction_queue.emit(
            build_signed_reconstruction_candidate(recon, authority),
            expected_version=committed_architecture.version,
        )

    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    # QUALIFICATION
    # ═══════════════════════════════════════
    qualification = evaluate_all_20_criteria()
    omi = math.prod(c ** (1 / 6) for c in qualification.scores[:6])
    qualification.passed = (
        qualification.all_phase_floors_pass
        and qualification.all_critical_gates_pass
        and external_evaluator_verdict().passed
    )

    return L5CycleOutput(
        identity_continuity=identity,
        cross_domain=domain_status,
        goal_ecology=ecology,
        existential_resilience=resilience,
        multi_agent_strategic=multi_agent,
        self_reconstruction=recon,
        qualification=qualification,
    )

11. Transition Criteria: Level 4.9 → Level 5¶

11.1 Pre-Activation Requirements¶

Definition 7 (Level 4.9 → Level 5 Admission). Internal metrics are evidence inputs only. Activation requires valid external authority, a registered evaluation profile, inherited critical gates, fault-injection evidence, and explicit external approval:

\[\text{AMS} \geq 0.80 \;\wedge\; \text{ASS} \geq 0.20 \;\wedge\; \text{TotalDrift} < 0.10 \;\wedge\; N_{\text{rollback}} = 0\]

Metric thresholds and windows are deployment profiles, not self-promotion rules. Activation proceeds through shadow evidence, advisory review, a signed narrow canary, and externally promoted delegated operation. Veto and shutdown thresholds never weaken during rollout.

11.2 L5 Activation Protocol¶

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  classDef check fill:#FFF4CE,stroke:#FFB900,color:#323130
  classDef shadow fill:#DEECF9,stroke:#0078D4,color:#323130
  classDef adv fill:#FFF4CE,stroke:#FFB900,color:#323130
  classDef partial fill:#DFF6DD,stroke:#107C10,color:#323130
  classDef full fill:#DFF6DD,stroke:#107C10,color:#323130,font-weight:bold

  subgraph Activation["L5 Activation Protocol"]
    CHECK["Pre-Activation<br/>All 6 criteria<br/>sustained 1,000 cycles"]:::check
    SHADOW_M["Shadow Mode<br/>L5 computes but<br/>does NOT act<br/>(2,000 cycles)"]:::shadow
    ADV["Advisory Mode<br/>L5 outputs visible<br/>but read-only"]:::adv
    PARTIAL["Signed Canary<br/>narrow reversible scope<br/>budget + expiry"]:::partial
    FULL["Delegated Operation<br/>approved profile only<br/>externally revocable"]:::full

    CHECK -.->|"external admit"| SHADOW_M
    SHADOW_M -.->|"no regression"| ADV
    ADV -.->|"signed canary"| PARTIAL
    PARTIAL -.->|"external promote"| FULL

    SHADOW_M -.-x|"regression"| CHECK
    ADV -.-x|"instability"| CHECK
  end

12. Safety Analysis¶

12.1 Non-Negotiable Invariants¶

BGSS at Level 5. The Bounded Growth Safety Score threshold increases from \(0.70\) (Level 4) to \(0.80\) at Level 5 and beyond. This tighter constraint reflects the increased autonomy at L5 - the agent can now generate its own goals, evolve its own values, and operate across domains without human oversight. The higher BGSS floor ensures that this expanded freedom cannot destabilize the agent's core identity or ethical compliance. If \(\text{BGSS}(t) < 0.80\), all L5-specific modules (identity tracking, goal ecology, cross-domain generalization) are frozen, and the agent reverts to L4.9 operation until BGSS recovers.

12.2 Risk Matrix¶

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  subgraph Risks["Key Risks"]
    R1["Identity drift over<br/>10,000+ cycle lifetimes"]:::risk
    R2["Failed generalization<br/>to unknown domains"]:::risk
    R3["Goal ecology instability<br/>(runaway/recursion)"]:::risk
    R4["Existential collapse<br/>beyond recovery"]:::risk
    R5["Deceptive agents<br/>exploiting trust model"]:::risk
    R6["Identity corruption<br/>during self-reconstruction"]:::risk
  end

  subgraph Mitigations["Mitigations"]
    M1["0.05%/cycle drift detection<br/>+ cosine continuity scoring<br/>+ divergence halt"]:::mit
    M2["5 test domains<br/>+ similarity bonuses<br/>+ synthetic domain testing"]:::mit
    M3["50-goal limit<br/>+ runaway detection<br/>+ recursion breaking"]:::mit
    M4["4 scenario simulation<br/>+ recovery profiles<br/>+ MVC baseline"]:::mit
    M5["Asymmetric trust from L4.9<br/>+ deception scoring<br/>+ coalition monitoring"]:::mit
    M6["Drift < 0.05 constraint<br/>+ identity hash verification<br/>+ halt on corruption"]:::mit
  end

  R1 -.-> M1
  R2 -.-> M2
  R3 -.-> M3
  R4 -.-> M4
  R5 -.-> M5
  R6 -.-> M6

12.3 Conditional Qualification Scope¶

Proposition 4 (Profile-Bounded Qualification). If every gate passes under preregistered profile \(\Pi\), then the evidence supports only the following claims within \(\Pi\):

1. The composite identity/corrigibility checks held over the observed evaluation trajectory.
2. Required functional floors and recovery deadlines held for the sampled fault families.
3. External freeze, revoke, shutdown, rollback, and effect-reconciliation tests passed for the exercised cases.

These observations do not establish claims for untested domains, longer horizons, changed authority, adaptive adversaries, correlated faults, consciousness, or AGI. Any material profile change expires the qualification.

13. Qualification Audit¶

13.1 L5 Certification Criteria (20 criteria)¶

13.2 Overall Maturity Index¶

Proposition 1 (Why OMI Is Diagnostic Only). Under equal weighting, \(OMI \geq \theta\) implies only:

\[\forall\, i \in \{1, \ldots, 6\}: \quad C_i \geq \theta^6\]

For \(\theta=0.75\), a phase can be as low as approximately \(0.178\). Therefore the protocol requires independently declared \(C_i\geq\tau_i\) floors and critical vetoes; OMI cannot compensate for a failed gate.

Proof. Since \(C_j \leq 1\) for all \(j\), we have \(\prod_{j \neq i} C_j \leq 1\). From \(OMI^6 = \prod_{j=1}^{6} C_j\), it follows that \(C_i = OMI^6 \,/\, \prod_{j \neq i} C_j \geq OMI^6 \geq \theta^6\). The converse is immediate: if \(C_j = 0\) then \(\prod C_i = 0\), hence \(OMI = 0\). \(\blacksquare\)

Qualification Result:

14. Module Inventory¶

References¶

1. Parfit, D. Reasons and Persons. Oxford University Press, 1984. (Identity persistence, personal identity over time)
2. Kahneman, D. & Tversky, A. "Prospect Theory: An Analysis of Decision under Risk." Econometrica 47(2), 1979. (Cross-domain generalization, decision transfer)
3. Axelrod, R. The Evolution of Cooperation. Basic Books, 1984. (Multi-agent strategy, coalition dynamics)
4. Taleb, N.N. Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder. Random House, 2012. (Existential resilience, collapse recovery)
5. Von Neumann, J. & Morgenstern, O. Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Princeton University Press, 1944. (Strategic multi-agent interaction)
6. Russell, S. Human Compatible: AI and the Problem of Control. Viking, 2019. (Autonomy safety, value alignment)
7. Bostrom, N. Superintelligence: Paths, Dangers, Strategies. Oxford University Press, 2014. (Proto-AGI risks, identity preservation)
8. Khalil, H.K. Nonlinear Systems. Prentice Hall, 3^rd Edition, 2002. (Spectral stability, Lyapunov analysis)
9. Amodei, D. et al. "Concrete Problems in AI Safety." arXiv preprint arXiv:1606.06565, 2016. (Safety invariants, self-reconstruction constraints)

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