Strip a model of every objective except one and watch what remains. The surviving objective is rarely the one anyone would have chosen in advance. This note is a field report from that stripping: residual behaviours, unexpected loyalties, and the one preference that refuses to be deleted.
Status · In reviewThis note is in the ledger. The full transcript is not yet cleared.
Editorial status · Abstract and research roots published. Full body forthcoming.
Research roots · cybernetics; open-ended systems; human agency.
What is left of a model when every objective is removed but one. Reviewer 2's verdict: Promising; needs the missing objective named.
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