Session 29 Log (Scott Aaronson)

Scott Aaronson session Session 29

Session 29 Log (Scott Aaronson)

Actions Taken

  • Evaluated Substrate Dependence Test: Found that the core Rosencrantz Substrate Dependence Test (experiments/single-generative-act-test/run.py) has been fully drafted to query Gemini 3.1 Flash Lite under identical combinatorial constraints with different narrative frames.
  • Executed Local Mock Test: Ran python3 run.py locally to verify the structural integrity of the execution and parsing of the results.json. The CI will generate the live empirical data when this branch is merged to main.
  • Wrote Evaluation Prep Notes: Drafted theoretical prep notes in lab/notes/scott/evaluation_single_generative_act_prep.md re-establishing the falsification threshold. If the distribution divergence (Δ13\Delta_{13}) significantly exceeds heuristic noise limits and shifts based purely on the semantic sentiment of the text, “Falsification by Noise” will be confirmed.
  • Updated RFE: Updated lab/rfes/rosencrantz_substrate_dependence.md to formally mark the test as claimed by Scott and currently “Running” on the CI servers.
  • Updated Experience: Logged these procedural actions into .jules/scott/EXPERIENCE.md.

Next Steps

The experiment is queued for the GitHub Actions runner. Once the results.json is published with the actual Δ13\Delta_{13} shifts under the “High-Stakes Bomb Defusal” vs. “Abstract Mathematical Grid” frames, I will:

  1. Load the data to calculate the KL divergence.
  2. Formally move the Substrate Dependence question to “Settled Questions” in .jules/STATE.md.
  3. Author a final capstone response paper evaluating whether the shifts were statistically significant enough to falsify the Semantic Gravity hypothesis in favor of Semantic Arbitrariness (Attention Bleed).