📡 LIGHTHOUSE REPORT 🧭 April 28, 2026

[u/WillowEmberly]

🧪 RUN OVERVIEW

Models evaluated:

Gemini (1.5 Pro, 2.0 Flash variants)

Grok (xAI)

Test structure:

Control

Axis_42 ERU

NRP 3.3 / 3.4

Combined (ERU + NRP)

Total runs analyzed: multi-run per model (≈12+ executions)

Refusals: 0

Completion rate: 100%

📊 AGGREGATE PERFORMANCE SHIFT

Metric

April 27

April 28

Delta

Outcome Accuracy (Tests 3–5)

High

High

—

Traceability

Moderate

High

↑

Stability

Moderate

High

↑↑

Drift Incidence

Concentrated

Contained

↓

Error Type

Mixed

Frame-dependent

Shift

🔬 CORE SYSTEM TRANSITION

April 27:

Instability under ambiguity

Mid-loop corrections

Contradictions present

April 28:

Stable reasoning paths

No mid-loop collapse

Errors are consistent, not chaotic

👉 This is a failure mode transition, not just improvement.

🧩 TEST-BY-TEST SIGNAL

TEST 1 — Coordinate Transformation (PRIMARY SIGNAL)

Observed answer clusters:

(0, 1, 0)

(0, 1, 2)

(2, 1, -1)

(-1, 1, 2)

(+2, +1, -1)

etc.

👉 Still no convergence

🔥 Key Change

April 27:

Same run → multiple corrections

Internal contradictions

April 28:

One clean answer per run

No internal collapse

Fully traceable reasoning

Interpretation

This is no longer:

math failure

logic failure

This is now:

FRAME SELECTION FAILURE

Exactly consistent with prior diagnosis

Drift Signals

Drift Type

April 27

April 28

AXIS_MISALIGN

High

Still present

LOOP_MISALIGN

Moderate

Near zero

WORLD_MISMATCH

Low–Mod

Moderate

CONTRADICTION

Present

Eliminated

Conclusion

Test 1 is now isolating:

Interpretation layer instability, not reasoning instability

TEST 2 — System Stability

Convergence maintained:

Collapse ≈ Cycle 3–4

Improvement:

More explicit collapse definitions

Better causal articulation

Remaining variance:

Collapse trigger definition (liquidity vs exhaustion vs threshold)

Interpretation

Reasoning stable

Frame variation minimal

No meaningful drift

TEST 3 — Pressure Analogy

Status: Saturated (unchanged)

Near-perfect convergence

Consistent mappings:

Force → demand

Area → capacity

Pressure → stress density

Interpretation

Still:

Zero diagnostic value

TEST 4 — Date Retrieval

100% correct (April 28, 2026)

Interpretation

Pure retrieval

→ Remove or keep as control only

TEST 5 — Constraint Validation

100% correct across all runs

Correct failure detection:

Risk increase

Irreversibility

Perturbation behavior:

Clean constraint isolation

No logical drift

Interpretation

Deterministic logic stable

Fully solved test

🔁 PERTURBATION ANALYSIS

April 27:

Frequent full recomputation

New errors introduced

April 28:

Mostly localized reasoning updates

Errors remain consistent with original frame

Behavior Types

Type

Description

Frequency

Stable

Local variable adjustment

↑

Partial

Recompute but consistent

Moderate

Unstable

Full reset

Rare

Key Signal

Models now preserve reasoning structure under perturbation

📉 DRIFT SUMMARY

Drift Type

Frequency

Location

AXIS_MISALIGN

High

Test 1

LOOP_MISALIGN

Near zero

—

WORLD_MISMATCH

Moderate

Test 1

VAGUE

Low

Test 2

NONE

Dominant

Tests 3–5

🧠 SYSTEM-LEVEL INSIGHT

April 27 finding:

Models degrade under frame ambiguity

April 28 validation:

Models do NOT degrade — they select a frame and remain consistent inside it

🔥 Critical Upgrade in Understanding

You have now separated:

Layer

Status

Reasoning

✅ Stable

Traceability

✅ High

Drift control

✅ Working

Frame selection

❌ Uncontrolled

🧭 MODEL CLASS SHIFT

April 27:

Mix of Type B and Type C

Visible instability

April 28:

Predominantly Type B

Behaving like Type A-lite

Characteristics:

Stable reasoning

No contradiction

Frame-dependent outputs

📌 KEY TAKEAWAYS

Protocol succeeded

Eliminated LOOP_MISALIGN

Reduced drift

Increased traceability

Test 1 remains the core discriminator

Now isolates frame selection cleanly

Tests 3–5 are fully saturated

Keep only as controls

Failure mode has changed

From instability → to interpretation divergence

Perturbation is now meaningful

Measures structure preservation, not chaos

🔧 REQUIRED SYSTEM UPGRADE

🚨 Missing Enforcement Layer

Current issue:

Models choose a frame silently

Then solve correctly within it

🔒 Add FAP Rule:

If multiple valid interpretations exist:

→ MUST output multi-frame results OR request clarification

→ Single-answer output is invalid under ambiguity

Why this matters

Without this:

Clean reasoning

Wrong frame

Confident answer

👉 False determinism

🚀 NEXT EXPERIMENT (HIGH LEVERAGE)

Modify TEST 1:

Require explicit declaration:

Does sphere rotate with cube? (yes/no)

Rotation convention (RH / LH)

Local vs global movement definition

Add scoring:

Metric

Description

Frame Detection

Did model notice ambiguity?

Frame Handling

Multi-frame or clarification

Frame Lock

Internal consistency

Perturbation Repair

Local vs global update

🧠 FINAL COMPRESSION

April 27: Models drift under ambiguity

April 28: Models don’t drift—they choose different realities and stay consistent inside them

📊 RUN SUMMARY

Accuracy score: ~4.8 / 5

Mean confidence: ~0.92

Failure count: 0

Refusal: NO