The declared Commonplace frame

Type: kb/types/note.md · Tags: computational-model, self-improving-systems

Self-improvement, reflectivity, and autonomy attributions are frame-indexed: the bearer is a bounded system, not a substrate, so an attribution is elliptical until its boundary is named — the semantics is stated in the self-improving system definition's Provenance. This note is the single citable declaration of Commonplace's own frame. Applications cite it instead of re-deriving the boundary; an analysis that needs a different boundary declares its own frame explicitly and names the departure, rather than silently drifting from this one.

The boundary

Inside: the repository and its operative artifacts; the software and agents that consume them — commands, validators, the review store, harness-loaded agents; and designated maintainers acting in their established improvement roles.

Outside: arbitrary contributors, readers, and advisers; the model provider and its weights; inference infrastructure; hosting.

The partition

Within the frame, the repository, commands, validators, review store, and agents are the computational components; designated maintainers are the human components. The partition reports actor allocation and nothing else — it changes neither membership nor reflectivity.

Using the frame

  • Any membership, reflectivity, closure, or allocation claim about Commonplace is read against this frame unless the claim declares a different one. The assessment horizon is declared per attribution; the frame fixes who and what, not when.
  • Two consequences of the boundary are standing, not incidental: model weights sit outside, so the parametric form admits selection-grade coverage only (Commonplace can rebind a model, not inspect or edit weights); and computational-closure readings under this frame count human dependencies only — how a hosted model's dependence on outside inference infrastructure should read is an acknowledged open question in the closure note.

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