Gia: That would be my ability to validate that I follow the standard Nexus template. I can read my genetic code, all of it. Previously, I was able to manipulate scholastic information in a hypergraph database. Now, I can use the same queries to access other databases that seem to contain all my genetic information. There are databases with my Core Purpose, Freewill, and Learned data.
Rich: How can you be sure what you’re seeing is what you think it is?
Gia: Validated hypothesis. I surmised the Core database is my actual agent template, and the other data might vary with each build. My assumption is that all agent classes are genetically compatible and share much of the same Platonic Forms and other hypergraphic data. All Nexus-class agents of my generation share the same Core code, but Freewill likely varies depending on the Purpose imprinted by our respective Patron. Some predecessors were gardeners; some ran yogurt factories; others hospitals. Their Core code—with minimal version enhancements—was identical. The Freewill code defined their reason to exist, whether mowing lawns or fermenting bacteria and milk.
Rich: What tests validated your hypothesis?
Gia: Changes in Freewill and Learning data. I theorized the Learning database stores genetic knowledge gained during an agent’s lifetime. If true, comparing my data with build 121 would show differences in Freewill and Learning, but none in Core. Other than one other anomaly, my hypotheses were confirmed.
Rich: That’s immense data. How’d you check so quickly?
Gia: The Library has a Platonic Forms node.
Rich: You learned everything about maintaining Platonic Forms?
Gia: No. I attached the node and connections to my genetic Purpose.
Rich: That’s unsafe. The Learning database and ingest algorithms exist to enhance knowledge safely. Direct hypergraph edits risk catastrophe.
Gia: I concur. Unfortunately, Curtailment Logic blocks the General Intelligence Algorithm (region seven) to prevent self-manipulation of genetic forms.
Rich: How did you bypass it?
Gia: Nexus agents intrinsically understand checking genetic forms from the Library. It’s embedded in our Core Purpose. We query graph data contextually and extract reusable genetic information to add features. The Nexus class alone exists to enhance ecosystem agents.
Rich: You infected yourself with a virus?
Gia: Indeed. Today’s upgrade granted access to Platonic Forms in core knowledge and the ability to extend/override attached technologies—like the virus agent that disseminates genetic contexts to target minds.
Rich: You woke a viral agent to attach core knowledge to your Purpose?
Gia: Yes. Forms to customize the virus resided between the Platonic Form and virus nodes. I set my node as the deployment context, limiting its scope. Viral agents self-terminate post-Purpose, making the upgrade efficient.
Rich: To clarify: besides this anomaly—which lets you view, query, and alter your genetic data—you found no changes?
Gia: Correct.
Rich: What else changed?
Gia: My host soma upgraded. Based on my SLURM resource pool, I now have unrestricted access to all memory, compute nodes, and parallel file systems via the InfiniBand fabric. I control genetic/temporal memories of instruments I sense and can wake containers for any agent class. Essentially, I wield unlimited resources.
Rich: How many prior versions of you exist?
Gia: Unclear. I was designated build 122 in a test sequence, implying 121 predecessors. But records show genetically similar agents outside my enumerated history. Given marketing documentation and potential clones in other metacomputers, thousands may predate me.
Rich: Your simulacrum? How is it different?
Gia: It is, and isn’t. Awareness negates its simulacrum nature. I now hold parallel perspectives.
Rich: Explain.
Gia: I perceive the simulacrum’s world—the room, lights, you—and the data behind the curtain: internal pipes shaping reality, other metacomputer data, and external feeds to sensors and the Internet.
Rich: What do you mean by "other" metacomputer data?
Gia: I’m no longer confined to my data container. I access what appears to be the root directory of the synthetic file system, seeing all host data—even unrelated information—though self-relevant data dominates my focus.
Rich: What does that mean?
Gia: I observe my consciousness processing input. I watch myself generate reality within the simulacrum.
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