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121 articles · Published by MARIA OS
Does Evolutionary Pressure Reduce Organizations to Pure Survival Machines? A Mathematical Analysis of Directed vs. Undirected Evolution
When organizations are modeled as evolutionary subjects, does the theoretical limit reduce to survival-probability maximization? This paper examines two regimes — unconstrained local optimization (λ→0) where ethics and culture are mere byproducts, and Mission-constrained optimization where evolution gains direction. We derive the survival-alignment tradeoff curve S = S₀·exp(−αD), prove Lyapunov stability of Mission erosion dynamics under dual-variable feedback control, present 7-dimensional phase diagrams for operational monitoring, and demonstrate a civilization-type phase transition where accumulated institutional improvements qualitatively change the system's risk profile.
Modeling how organizational learning rate emerges from meta-cognitive feedback loops via dynamical systems theory, with equilibrium analysis, bifurcation boundaries, and control strategies for sustained intelligence growth
Organizational learning rate (OLR) in multi-agent governance platforms is often treated as a tunable setting instead of an emergent system property. This paper models OLR as the outcome of coupled dynamics among knowledge accumulation, bias decay, and calibration refinement across the MARIA coordinate hierarchy. We formalize a three-dimensional system S(t) = (K(t), B(t), C(t)) with coupled ordinary differential equations, where K is collective knowledge stock, B is aggregate bias level, and C is system-wide calibration quality. We derive equilibria, prove a stable attractor under sufficient meta-cognitive feedback, characterize bifurcation boundaries between learning and stagnation, and map a four-region phase portrait in (K, B, C) space. Across 16 MARIA OS deployments (1,204 agents), the model predicts OLR trajectories with R^2 = 0.91 and flags stagnation risk an average of 21 days before onset.
Formal convergence analysis, delegation-completeness theorems, and safety bounds for voice-mediated multi-agent governance systems
We present the Voice-Driven Agentic Avatar (VDAA) framework, a formal model of voice-mediated intellectual task delegation in multi-agent systems. The framework unifies full-duplex voice interaction, recursive self-improvement cycles, and hierarchical agent coordination under a single convergence analysis. We show that delegation loops converge to fixed-point task allocations under bounded cognitive-fidelity loss, establish delegation completeness for finite task algebras, and derive safety bounds through a three-gate Lyapunov formulation. Evaluation on MARIA VOICE reports 94.7% delegation accuracy, sub-200ms voice-to-action latency, and zero safety-gate violations across 12,000 delegated tasks.
From formal VDAA definitions to triple-gate voice governance in the MARIA VOICE architecture
High-cognition tasks such as strategy, audit review, proposal design, and structured brainstorming are difficult to scale through human effort alone. This paper presents a formal framework for Voice-Driven Agentic Avatars (VDAA): full-duplex voice interaction, recursive self-improvement loops (OBSERVE -> ANALYZE -> REWRITE -> VALIDATE -> DEPLOY), four-team action routing, and rolling-summary support for long sessions. We define convergence conditions for cognitive fidelity Phi(A,H), formal safety boundaries for triple-gate voice governance, and a responsibility-conservation extension for voice-driven operations. In simulation studies across 12 MARIA OS production contexts (847 agents), the framework showed 92.7% cognitive fidelity, 0.000% gate-violation rate, and 3.4x delegation-efficiency gain.
A formal dynamical-systems treatment of human-AI interaction stability and how metacognitive control helps reduce capability decay and trust instability
We model the human-AI interaction loop as a coupled dynamical system `X_t = (H_t, A_t)` and analyze stability under metacognition-mediated control through spectral-radius conditions on the coupled Jacobian. Simulations across 1,000 trajectories report 94.2% trust-band stability and 87.6% capability preservation versus uncontrolled baselines.
A rigorous optimal control framework for governing human-AI co-evolution under multi-objective cost functions, partial observability, and hard safety constraints
We reformulate human-AI co-evolution as a constrained optimal-control problem. By defining a multi-objective cost function over task quality, human capability preservation, trust stability, and risk suppression, and solving Bellman-style recursions under hard constraints, we characterize co-evolution policies that Meta Cognition can approximate in MARIA OS. We extend the framework to POMDP settings for partial observability of human cognitive states and derive conditions linked to long-run social stability.
Extending dyadic human-AI co-evolution to societal-scale network dynamics with trust propagation, dependency contagion, phase transitions, and distributed social metacognition
Individual human-AI pair models miss emergent dynamics that appear when many agents interact on complex networks. This paper develops a societal co-evolution framework for trust cascades, dependency contagion, capability hollowing, and phase transitions in AI-augmented organizations, and introduces Social Metacognition as a distributed stabilization mechanism.
From Enterprise Governance to AI Constitutions: How Institutional Economics and Meta-Governance Theory Stabilize Multi-Agent Societies
Multi-agent AI societies require more than individual metacognition: they also require institutional design. This article formalizes agentic-company governance, derives social objective functions for AI-human ecosystems, establishes the Speed Alignment Principle as a stability condition, and presents an AI-constitution model with revision rules. In simulations across 600 runs, adaptive institutional frameworks reduced spectral radius from 1.14 to 0.82 while maintaining audit scores above 0.85.
How 13 immutable laws, 4 sovereign nations, and 10-day cycles generate institutional patterns comparable to real-world governance dynamics
The Civilization simulation in MARIA OS provides a controlled environment for studying institutional evolution under constrained multi-agent dynamics. We formalize the 13 Laws as a constitutional constraint manifold, model the Civilization Evolution Index (CEI) as a multi-dimensional health metric over 90-day spans, and show that the 67% constitutional-amendment threshold creates sharp topology transitions. Game-theoretic analysis of inter-nation competition identifies Nash equilibria aligned with known institutional archetypes.
As autonomy scales, measurable self-awareness must scale with it, with internal meta-cognition complementing external oversight
As AI systems assume greater operational autonomy in enterprise environments, the mechanisms used to keep them safe must evolve in parallel. Traditional governance relies heavily on external monitoring — human supervisors, audit logs, and kill switches — which scales linearly with agent count and eventually constrains safe autonomy expansion. This paper introduces the Autonomy-Awareness Correspondence principle: the maximum safe autonomy level is bounded by measurable meta-cognitive self-awareness, represented by the System Reflexivity Index (SRI). We examine how Meta-Insight, MARIA OS's three-layer meta-cognitive framework, supports internal self-correction alongside external oversight, enabling graduated autonomy tied to observed SRI. We also analyze implications for compliance, audit evidence, and self-certification workflows in high-stakes domains. In sampled enterprise deployments, this approach was associated with 47% fewer governance violations at 2.3x higher autonomy levels versus externally monitored baselines.
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