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Source artifacts from the multi-model landing package (README + Super-Blueprint + ADR-0238/0239/0240 + goldtether/dynamic_manifold/surprise) are now the contractual surface, implemented on the live algebra/* kernel: - GoldTetherMonitor.residual/update/may_relax_hitl/force_reset/autonomy - signature_aware_pca (5×K, null-safe), conformal_procrustes, cartan_iwasawa_extract - surprise_residual (Minkowski) + dual_procrustes_surprise audit dict Package stubs (core.algebra.backend placeholders, scipy, identity-only Procrustes) are replaced with dual-corrected Cl(4,1) operators. ADRs match package decision language; docs/adr remains canonical with decisions redirects. 34/34 Third-Door tests + 7/7 ADR-0199 arena regression green.
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ADR-0240: Analogical Transfer Validation Harness + Biography Holonomy Blade
Status: Proposed (acceptance path: tests green + Josh review)
Date: 2026-07-11
Deciders: Joshua Shay + multi-model R&D
Traceability: Issue #13, parent #10
Related: ADR-0238, ADR-0239, inter-session memory (0055), contemplation (0056), ADR-0151 proposal corridor
Canonical path: docs/adr/
Context
We now have GoldTether (autonomy modulation) and the Procrustes+Surprise dual (analogical transfer + boundary sensing).
We still lack:
- A rigorous, replayable validation harness that proves a transfer actually raised epistemic level and did not overfit or fabricate.
- A first-class geometric object that records the lifelong holonomy of the identity motor (the Biography Holonomy Blade). This is the "single forever-lived life" made concrete.
Without these two, the system cannot safely grow wisdom or ever phase out HITL.
Decision
1. Analogical Transfer Validation Harness
A sealed, deterministic harness that:
- Takes a solved problem (source multivector + proof trace) and a novel target domain.
- Runs the dual operator (ADR-0239).
- Measures residual, epistemic elevation posture, and GoldTether residual before/after.
- Only accepts the transfer if:
- residual < ε
- dual-correction passes
- GoldTether residual does not increase (when monitor supplied)
- Records accepted transfer metadata for teaching-chain / biography update (proposal path).
Location: evals/analogical_transfer/harness.py
2. Biography Holonomy Blade
A grade-appropriate multivector that records the cumulative holonomy of the identity motor across the entire lived trajectory.
It is updated only on successful, validated, dual-corrected experiences. It is the geometric embodiment of "I have lived this life and these are the transformations I have undergone."
It is the substrate that later self-authorship miners will read.
Location: core/physics/biography.py — reconstructible via holonomy_encode (reconstruction-over-storage; no raw experience dump). Vault field wiring remains one-mutation-path / proposal-gated.
3. Temporal Admissibility Gate + Self-Authorship Miner (scaffold)
- Temporal gate: typed
ADMIT/NOT_YET/REFUSE(wisdom as geometry). - Self-authorship miner: emits SPECULATIVE proposals only with drift residual + closure proof; never writes vault COHERENT.
Consequences
- CORE now has a complete closed loop for lifelong learning: experience → dual operator → validation → GoldTether update → biography holonomy update.
- HITL phase-out becomes a measurable geometric condition (high biography coherence + low residual + high floor +
may_relax_hitl()). - Full audit trail of every wisdom gain.
Implementation Notes
- Harness:
evals/analogical_transfer/ - Biography:
core/physics/biography.py - Temporal:
core/physics/temporal_gate.py - Miner:
core/physics/self_authorship.py - All durable mutations go through the one-mutation-path.
Validation
- End-to-end lifelong coherence curve test (GoldTether history + telemetry).
- Transfer fixture with residual below threshold (wrong=0).
- Biography blade remains closed under reverse product after every update.
- Miner proposals all SPECULATIVE; deterministic ordering.