The Consciousness AI Core Architecture

tlcdv/the_consciousness_ai @ 271534f · tectum-first · reentrant workspace · emergence measured, never assumed

The Consciousness AI Core Architecture tlcdv/the_consciousness_ai @ 271534f · tectum-first · reentrant workspace · emergence measured, never assumed Gymnasium Environments · Dark Room · DMTS · WCST · Nav · Architecture component Gymnasium Environments Dark Room · DMTS · WCST · Nav Pretrained Models · DINOv2-B/14 · Qwen2-VL-7B · Architecture component Pretrained Models DINOv2-B/14 · Qwen2-VL-7B Cochlear Pipeline · gammatone · hair cell · tonotopic · Sensory Tectum Cochlear Pipeline gammatone · hair cell · tonotopic Sensory Tectum · TopographicMap · RSSM · capsules · Sensory Tectum Sensory Tectum TopographicMap · RSSM · capsules Self-Model · SomatotopicMap · interoception · Architecture component Self-Model SomatotopicMap · interoception AKOrN Binding · KuramotoLayer · phase sync · Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling AKOrN Binding KuramotoLayer · phase sync Specialist Modules · vision · audio · memory · body · Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Specialist Modules vision · audio · memory · body Reentrant Processor · 5-10 adaptive convergence cycles · Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Reentrant Processor 5-10 adaptive convergence cycles Global Workspace · non-linear ignition · broadcast · Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Global Workspace non-linear ignition · broadcast Affective Core · PAD valence · arousal · reward · Architecture component Affective Core PAD valence · arousal · reward Narrative Engine · Qwen2.5 · self-report · Architecture component Narrative Engine Qwen2.5 · self-report Reinforcement Core · PrefrontalCortex · BasalGanglia · Architecture component Reinforcement Core PrefrontalCortex · BasalGanglia Asimov Compliance Filter · three-law hierarchy · 32 tests · Architecture component Asimov Compliance Filter three-law hierarchy · 32 tests DreamerV3 World Model · imagined harm trajectories · Architecture component DreamerV3 World Model imagined harm trajectories Consciousness Gates · five learned causal gates · Emergence instruments · default-off diagnostics Consciousness Gates five learned causal gates Emergence Metrics · IIT Phi · CE 2.0 · PCI · Emergence instruments · default-off diagnostics Emergence Metrics IIT Phi · CE 2.0 · PCI vision raw waveforms DINOv2-B/14 Qwen2-VL semantic stream tonotopic maps valence field feedback broadcast content filtered actions interoceptive PAD action check harm trajectories Sensory Tectum Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Emergence instruments · default-off diagnostics Legend observer-facing processing measurement safety / ethics broadcast / integration environment / pretrained

Source-backed components

  • • Every component carries git-verified file and line evidence pinned to commit 271534f
  • • Evidence is checked by archify against the repository at render time
  • • The monthly workflow re-validates every line anchor against the latest main

Tectum-first, cortex-later

  • • Consciousness evolved in the optic tectum 520 million years ago, before any cortex
  • • The body schema projects onto the tectum grid as a somatosensory channel
  • • Emotion modulates from outside the workspace; it never competes for access

Honest scope

  • • No emergence claim is made. Phi, CE 2.0, and PCI are instruments under validation
  • • Brian2 validates oscillatory parameters offline against a spiking reference (19 tests)
  • • The Phi-1 prediction was exhausted with a negative result, reported in full