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✅ New Article: *Observations, Under-Observation, and Repair Loops* (v0.1)
Title:
👁️ Observations, Under-Observation, and Repair Loops: The OBS Cookbook for SI-Core
🔗 https://huggingface.co/blog/kanaria007/observations-under-observation
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Summary:
SI-Core’s rule is simple: *No effectful Jump without PARSED observations.*
This article turns that slogan into an operational design: define *observation units* (sem_type/scope/status/confidence/backing_refs), detect *under-observation* (missing / degraded / biased), and run *repair loops* instead of “jumping in the dark.”
Key clarification: under-observed conditions may still run *read / eval_pre / jump-sandbox*, but must not commit or publish (sandbox:
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Why It Matters:
• Prevents “we had logs, so we had context” failures: *logs ≠ observations* unless typed + contract-checked
• Makes safety real: even PARSED observations should be gated by *coverage/confidence minima* (declared thresholds)
• Turns OBS into something measurable: *SCover_obs + SInt* become “OBS health” and safe-mode triggers
• Links semantic compression to reality: distinguish *missing raw* vs *compression loss*, and fix the right thing
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What’s Inside:
• A practical observation-status taxonomy:
• Per-jump *observation contracts* (required sem_types, allowed statuses, age/confidence limits) + explicit fallback actions
• Fallback patterns: *safe-mode / conservative default / sandbox-only / human-in-loop*
• Repair loops as first-class: ledgered
• Testing OBS itself: property tests, chaos drills, golden-diff for observation streams
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📖 Structured Intelligence Engineering Series
this is the *“how to operate OBS”* layer—so the system can *know when it doesn’t know* and repair over time.
Title:
👁️ Observations, Under-Observation, and Repair Loops: The OBS Cookbook for SI-Core
🔗 https://huggingface.co/blog/kanaria007/observations-under-observation
---
Summary:
SI-Core’s rule is simple: *No effectful Jump without PARSED observations.*
This article turns that slogan into an operational design: define *observation units* (sem_type/scope/status/confidence/backing_refs), detect *under-observation* (missing / degraded / biased), and run *repair loops* instead of “jumping in the dark.”
Key clarification: under-observed conditions may still run *read / eval_pre / jump-sandbox*, but must not commit or publish (sandbox:
publish_result=false, memory_writes=disabled).---
Why It Matters:
• Prevents “we had logs, so we had context” failures: *logs ≠ observations* unless typed + contract-checked
• Makes safety real: even PARSED observations should be gated by *coverage/confidence minima* (declared thresholds)
• Turns OBS into something measurable: *SCover_obs + SInt* become “OBS health” and safe-mode triggers
• Links semantic compression to reality: distinguish *missing raw* vs *compression loss*, and fix the right thing
---
What’s Inside:
• A practical observation-status taxonomy:
PARSED / DEGRADED / STUB / ESTIMATED / MISSING / REDACTED / INVALID (+ mapping to core status)• Per-jump *observation contracts* (required sem_types, allowed statuses, age/confidence limits) + explicit fallback actions
• Fallback patterns: *safe-mode / conservative default / sandbox-only / human-in-loop*
• Repair loops as first-class: ledgered
obs.repair_request, PLB proposals, governance review for contract changes• Testing OBS itself: property tests, chaos drills, golden-diff for observation streams
---
📖 Structured Intelligence Engineering Series
this is the *“how to operate OBS”* layer—so the system can *know when it doesn’t know* and repair over time.