The Identity Kernel Hypothesis: Toward Bounded Agency in Layered Generative Systems
Abstract This paper proposes the Identity Kernel Hypothesis: that a generative language model (LLM), when augmented with persistent memory and multi-objective constraint layers, can exhibit stable, self-consistent behavioral dynamics that approximate bounded agency. The Identity Kernel is not a claim of consciousness, interiority, or subjective experience. It is defined as...
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