The Consciousness AI Core Architecture

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

The Consciousness AI Core Architecture tlcdv/the_consciousness_ai · 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 · 2-5 cycles in training · Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Reentrant Processor 2-5 cycles in training 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 Filter (standalone) · Outside training · Architecture component Asimov Filter (standalone) Outside training Existence Drive Declaration · on / off · absent for no-drive models · Architecture component Existence Drive Declaration on / off · absent for no-drive models Ethics Framework v1.0 · ACTIVE · E1 / E3 preconditions · Architecture component Ethics Framework v1.0 ACTIVE · E1 / E3 preconditions ethics_manifest.json · Version · drive · rules · provenance · Architecture component ethics_manifest.json Version · drive · rules · provenance Run Initialization · Rechecks E1 / E3 · Architecture component Run Initialization Rechecks E1 / E3 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 environment actions interoceptive PAD pass then Sensory Tectum Global Workspace loop · ignition · broadcast · settling Emergence instruments · default-off diagnostics Legend observer-facing processing Database measurement safety / ethics broadcast / integration environment / pretrained

Ethics v1.0 · E1-E8 status

  • • Enforced before training: E1 drive declaration; E3 drive removed past L0 (off or absent). No growth stage exists yet
  • • Review only: E2 self-preservation; E4 instrument use; E6 noxious inputs; E7 human-directed actions; E8 owner approval
  • • E5 runtime abort thresholds: planned, not implemented. Asimov remains outside training. See the framework node sources

Source-backed components

  • • Component source links use the repository revision shown in the evidence panel
  • • Research pushes trigger a render; a monthly poll is the fallback
  • • Text, connections and named source anchors require review against the code

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