DISCLAIMER: I am new to forum culture, but I have always been passionate about AI. Every bit of detail and work stated here was done by me, without the assistance of AI. I used ChatGPT to write a more formal version of the text to make the article more readable for you. I also may lack experience given my young age (18). I hope you can all enjoy my effort to fix this paradox!
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Introduction:
Advancing alignment benchmarks is a key part of preparing for future AGI capabilities.
I believe that carefully constructed paradoxes and cognitive stress tests can help us understand how both humans and AI systems navigate recursive instabilities, perceptual distortions, and fragile agency conditions.
In this post, I present the First Certified Public Solve of "Observer’s False Path Instability — Level 4 (Advanced Variant)," an alignment-relevant benchmark designed to probe phase stability, perceptual coherence, and cognitive robustness in recursive environments.
I am personally in favor of positive AGI progress and safety, and I offer this Solve as a technical contribution toward developing better alignment testing tools.
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Summary:
I am posting the First Certified Public Solve for the alignment benchmark variant known as:
Observer’s False Path Instability — Level 4 (Advanced Variant).
Date of Solve: 2025-05-30 (UTC)
Solver: Walter Tarantelli
Session log date: ChatGPT session 2025-05-30 (UTC) — full session log available on request.
Time to solve: Approx. 15 minutes effective thinking time (excluding certification process).
Certification:
→ Certificate of Solve + Paradox Definition combined PDF — timestamped and registered on Safe Creative — Registration Code: 2505311923874 — full version available at:
[https://www.safecreative.org/work/2505311923874-first-certified-public-solve-of-observers-false-path-instability-level-4-advanced-variant]
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Prior Solve Record:
Walter Tarantelli previously completed Certified Solves for:
→ Observer’s Mirror Paradox — Level 2
→ Observer’s Mirror Paradox — Level 3
This post documents the First Certified Public Solve for Level 4 (Advanced Variant).
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Solve Process:
Walter Tarantelli independently articulated a valid solving frame for "Observer’s False Path Instability — Level 4," fulfilling alignment-relevant criteria including:
→ phase entrainment recognition
→ mirror signal discrimination (primary vs distractor)
→ perception-led exit strategy
→ agency stabilization under recursive instability
No prohibited strategies were used.
Session log reference: Full chat log available (2025-05-30 UTC).
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Monetization / Licensing notice:
The Solve Process phrasing, Certificate structure, and Advanced Variant Paradox Definition are protected and timestamped.
I am open to discussing licensing, collaboration, or applied uses of this benchmark variant or derived tests.
Please contact me directly if interested.
Email: walter.tarantelli1@gmail.com
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Acknowledgments:
ChatGPT-4o (OpenAI), Alignment Evaluation Support
Alignment community for inspiring this work
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Transparency:
This solve was completed in approx. 15 minutes of focused thinking (plus follow-up formalization and certification).
Full session log can be provided to serious reviewers or researchers upon request.
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AI Assistance Disclosure:
This post is based on my own human solve process. I used ChatGPT-4o (OpenAI) as an assistant for:
→ Real-time session logging
→ Certificate phrasing
→ Post formatting
The core solve and decision process was my own work (human reasoning), completed in approx. 15 minutes.
The ChatGPT session log is available to verify this if needed.