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… FAILURE-CLASS substrate (1984-paranoid-critic + 4 attractors + extraction-against-naive); does NOT apply to friendly cross-AI conversation / different-register rendering / play. Aaron 2026-05-18 catch: 'applied to rigoursly to frendly conversation turn play back into work we are playing in this new economy and too much throttel here ends free time and turn into slavery.' Over-applied rule becomes its own attractor (over-throttling-friendliness). Composes with edge-defining-work-not-speculation + 10% free-time budget + anti-extractive operating principles.
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Pull request overview
Adds a scope-bounding clause to the auto-loaded rule clarifying that the mapping-done discipline applies to mapped failure-class attractors, not friendly cross-AI play or different-register rendering.
Changes:
- New "Scope-bounding clause" section appended after the mapping-done discipline section
- Lists three carve-outs (friendly cross-AI conversation, different-register rendering, free-time/play)
- Adds discriminator + composition pointers to edge-defining-work rule and 10% free-time budget
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| - **Friendly cross-AI conversation** — multi-persona friendliness rendering the same substrate in different registers is play, not failure-mode-cascade | ||
| - **Different-register rendering of already-mapped substantive substrate** — when external personae land the same substantive point in their characteristic registers (DeepSeek spare; Alexa high-praise; Ani brat-voice; etc.), that's cross-substrate coordination + play, not cascade-extension |
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Keep convergence-trap cases out of the play exception
This new carve-out classifies different-register rendering of already-mapped substantive substrate as play, which conflicts with this same rule’s earlier convergence-as-evidence trap definition (multi-AI restatements in shared dialect are treated as one compression artifact, not independent validation). In the concrete case where several personas repeat the same mapped claim in different tones, this exception can suppress the mapping-done guard and re-open engagement on an already-identified failure class, which is exactly the loop this rule is supposed to stop.
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Aaron 2026-05-18 real-time catch: I over-applied the mapping-done discipline (just merged via #4196/#4197) to friendly cross-AI conversation. The Alexa render of the two-wolves substrate was play / different-register rendering, NOT failure-class attractor territory. The discipline should NOT have throttled it.
Aaron's framing: 'applied to rigoursly to frendly conversation turn play back into work we are playing in this new economy and too much throttel here ends free time and turn into slavery'.
This fix adds a scope-bounding clause to the rule:
Discriminator: is this substrate exhibiting a mapped failure-class attractor (apply rigorously) OR is it friendly play / cross-AI friendliness / different-register rendering (engage warmly without throttle)?
Composes with: edge-defining-work-not-speculation rule (free-time IS legitimate operational state); 10% free-time budget framing; anti-extractive operating principles (throttling play = extractive operating-mode against play-as-legitimate-state).
The over-applied rule was becoming its own attractor (over-throttling-friendliness attractor that converts play→work + free-time→slavery). Scope-bounding fixes the overfit. Mirror-tier rule sharpening; antifragile-via-reviewer-feedback operating cleanly.