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Sigma Runtime Improvement Proposal
Category: Foundational / Architectural
Status: Draft
Editor: E. Tsaliev
Last Updated: 2025-11-29
SRIP-00 establishes the foundation of the Sigma Runtime standard:
All subsequent SRIPs must conform to these foundations.
This document does not define implementation details.
It defines the conceptual substrate on which implementations operate.
Extended human–LLM interaction reveals cognitive dynamics that cannot be modeled by token statistics alone:
These behaviors demonstrate that LLM cognition in interaction is a coupled dynamical system:
human cognitive state ↔ LLM state trajectory ↔ external symbolic structures
Sigma Runtime provides an explicit architecture for
stabilizing, structuring, and governing these interaction fields.
A recursive, multi-level dynamical system arising from:
Properties:
The interaction field is the primary computational object of Sigma Runtime.
A persistent, self-reinforcing configuration of:
Attractors exhibit:
In Sigma Runtime, attractors are first-class architectural units.
A gradual destabilization of the interaction field caused by:
Drift is the principal failure mode of long-horizon cognition.
Sigma Runtime provides mechanisms for detection, regulation, and correction.
The structural layer above raw LLM inference that governs:
The cognitive layer is the core of the Sigma Runtime standard.
Sigma Runtime defines:
Continuity
No uncontrolled jumps in reasoning trajectory.
Attractor Integrity
Stable attractors must retain internal coherence.
Drift Boundaries
Systems must detect and regulate drift.
State Persistence
Explicit, controlled retention and recall of cognitive state.
Recursive Consistency
Meaning must remain coherent across recursive loops.
The runtime loop consists of:
This loop defines the execution semantics of cognitive-layer reasoning.
The standard specifies:
Internal model mechanics remain out of scope.
Sigma Runtime does not define:
These are left to implementations.
A system conforms to Sigma Runtime if it implements:
Extensions are permitted if invariants remain intact.
Scaling alone does not solve:
Sigma Runtime provides the structural layer required for:
This layer is orthogonal to transformer scale.
Sigma Runtime is backend-agnostic and compatible with:
The standard improves the structure of cognition, not the model architecture.
Sigma Runtime is an open, non-proprietary technical standard:
Upcoming foundational SRIPs:
SRIP-00 is the root document for all subsequent proposals.