Mind · Inference
OntologyAdapt
Restructuring categories to fit data
Definition
Mechanism
Derived from Piagetian psychology. When new data defies classification within the current ontology, the Agent does not force-fit it or discard it. Instead, it triggers a 'Restructure' event, creating new root Categorys that accommodate the Anomaly as a fundamental feature. Utilizes OntologyHandshake.
Preconditions
- Data validated as true but unclassifiable
Postconditions
- Data fits naturally in new structure
Invariants
- Conservation of Data: no Anomaly is discarded during accommodation.
- A restructure fires only for a datum that both falls below `fit_threshold` and has survived validation.
- Accommodation creates Categorys admitting the Anomaly; reshaping it to fit is assimilation.
Risks
Failure modes
Orphaned classifications
data under the old roots is not revisited after a restructure.
Relationships
Builds on
References
Autonomous Goal-Directed Entity
Infrastructure
Datum whose observed value deviates from the expected baseline, triggering investigation
Infrastructure
Grouping of objects
Physics
An invariant quantity preserved under a closed system's transformations — a substrate law
Physics
Irrelevant information
Society
Negotiating shared definitions
Used by
References
Detecting structural breaks in reality
Reference
Parameters
fit_thresholdFloat, [0.0, 1.0]- Classification confidence below which a validated datum counts as unclassifiable.