TheoryMarch 7, 202613 min read

The Brain as a Recursive Self-Improving System

Predictive coding, dopamine learning, and the millisecond A/B test running inside your skull

The human brain continuously generates predictions, measures errors, and updates its own parameters — a recursive self-improvement loop that operates across timescales from milliseconds to decades. This article explores the neuroscience of predictive coding, dopamine reward prediction error, and synaptic plasticity as a blueprint for agent evolution.

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IntelligenceFebruary 15, 202636 min read

Recursive Adaptation in Action Routing: How MARIA OS Routes Learn from Execution Outcomes

How self-improving routing uses recursive execution feedback to converge toward high-quality policies while preserving Lyapunov stability guarantees

Static action routing — where rules are configured once and applied uniformly — is inadequate for enterprise AI governance. Agent capabilities evolve, workloads shift, and routing quality depends on context that is only observed after execution. This paper introduces a recursive adaptation framework for MARIA OS action routing in which execution outcomes update routing parameters through a formal learning rule. We define θ_{t+1} = θ_t + η∇J(θ_t), where J(θ) is expected routing quality and gradients are estimated from outcome signals. We prove convergence under standard stochastic-approximation assumptions and establish Lyapunov stability guarantees, showing the adaptation process remains bounded while converging toward locally optimal routing policies. Thompson sampling provides principled exploration, and a multi-agent coordination protocol prevents oscillatory conflicts under concurrent adaptation. The quantitative figures in this article should be read as replay and simulation outputs over 14 operating contexts, not as audited production metrics of the current shipping router.

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