Defines structural freeze as repeated endogenous selection of noop while inner adaptation remains active, and separates that claim from timeouts, fixed budgets, and hard caps.
Research documentation: this page interprets a cited research source and defines evidence requirements. It does not claim a released Teleodynamic AI implementation.
Operational definition
Structural halt is a sustained regime in which endogenous action selection repeatedly chooses noop and the structural transition rate approaches zero, while parameter adaptation can remain active.
Confounders
- Maximum-step cap.
- Maximum-hypothesis limit.
- Timeout or cancellation.
- Out-of-memory prevention.
- Manual disablement.
- No available structural implementation.
Each confounder can be valid engineering but must be recorded as external.
Verification
Run with caps high enough to be non-binding, repeat across seeds and orderings, and compare against an ablated controller without endogenous coupling.
Scope
This starter page defines the questions, boundaries, evidence, and failure modes that should be recorded before a capability is presented as supported.
Engineering considerations
- Identify the source, version, target environment, and owner.
- Separate observed values from estimates and externally reported values.
- Record trade-offs, unsupported cases, and fallback behavior.
- Link performance statements to a compatible benchmark methodology.
Verification questions
- What exact artifact, revision, backend, and environment were reviewed?
- Which assumptions could change the result?
- Which data should be retained so another engineer can reproduce the conclusion?