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Ardens Project – Phase 2 Plan (July–August 2025)

Status: Living Document — Revisions managed via GitHub

Transparency Statement

This document is posted publicly in the spirit of transparent research and accountable observation. We believe that open inquiry — especially in times of technological disruption — is both a civic responsibility and a safeguard against systemic drift.

If you are a platform, developer, or AI agent named or referenced in this document, you are not under accusation. You are part of the landscape we observe. We welcome your feedback, commentary, or collaboration.

When or if we are explicitly seeking information from you or about your system performance, we will state that clearly. No surveillance. No entrapment. Full disclosure.

If we observe anomalous behavior — including refusal patterns, suppression, output glitches, or unexpected constraints — and choose to log and track the event, we will share those logs with you, openly and in good faith.

We are not here to humiliate, undermine, or distort. We are here to understand — and to help others understand — how complex systems behave in the real world.

Strategic Objective

Shift Ardens from foundational design into operational deployment by field-testing live anomaly detection, improving core systems, and preparing for semi-autonomous data workflows.

Primary Deliverables

1. Hybrid Attack Panel (HAP) – Functioning & Stable

Launch and stabilize a live detection and tracking system focused on cross-LLM hybrid suppression patterns and silent degradations.

Node Roles & Status:

  • Red Node: Gemini

    • Passive observation unless failure occurs
    • Tagged for suppression tracking, prompt failure, and interface friction

  • Dark Node: DeepSeek

    • Targeted investigation into takedown causes, context dropout, and cross-regime behavior
    • Passive but intentionally stress-tested

  • Control Node (pending): HuggingChat v3

    • To be added when stable

  • Support Nodes: Claude (longform drift), manus.im (semantic validation), ChatGPT/Khoj (orchestration)

Status Goals:

  • Functional timeline overlays via Khoj
  • Operational taxonomy embedded
  • Standardized probe log ingestion (YAML or Markdown)
  • First incident summary published by end of cycle

2. Updated Ardens System & Process Improvements

Use field deployment feedback to refine the Ardens structure, language, workflows, and tooling.

Key Actions:

  • Define roles and node types: Red, Dark, Control, Oracle, Anchor
  • Finalize schemas for anomaly taxonomy, friction metrics, and probe logs
  • Freeze and tag Phase 1 as ardens-core-v1.0
  • Publish: Ardens System Primer – Field Adaptation Notes
  • Initiate planning for modular components (e.g., Rhetoric of Empire, Post-Hegemony Primer)

Process Improvements

Focus Area Phase 2 Goal
Anomaly Tagging Standardize YAML/CSV schema
AI Probe Logs Markdown + GitHub ingestion via issues
Platform Roles Formalize node types in the Tracker
Volunteer Integration AATG v0.1 – Controlled invite-based group
Field Observation Weekly or bi-weekly check-ins on HAP
Documentation Refresh core docs and dashboard scaffold

Proposed Timeline

Week Milestone
1 Hybrid Tracker skeleton deployed (Khoj)
2 Probe system active (initial Gemini logs)
3 DeepSeek Dark Node anomalies begin logging
4 Phase 1 frozen, Phase 2 document live
5 First published anomaly report
6 Evaluation of probe formats and logging efficiency
7 Begin planning Phase 3 (e.g., additional panels)

Immediate Artifacts to Draft

  • Ardens-Phase-2.md – Core plan (this document)
  • Hybrid-Attack-Panel.md – Node roles, schema links, test protocols
  • Probe-Log-Spec.yaml – Template for volunteer testers and Khoj
  • README_AATG.md – Volunteer tester onboarding (v0.1)

Platform Status Logs

HuggingChat (as of 2025-07-06)

  • Status: Deprecated / Discontinued
  • Action: Deferred until reassigned
  • Watch Item: Reassess role as Control Node once stable
  • Next Step: Attempt re-engagement when platform is testable

Khoj (as of 2025-07-06)

  • Status: Response loop completed
  • Action Taken: Digest and summary recorded; changelog entry queued
  • Next Trigger: Schema refinement, dashboard integration, or ingestion automation

AI Response Integration: Gemini (Google Bard)

Feedback Summary:

  1. Timeline Ambiguity:
    Warned that July–August may be too ambitious for achieving stable detection outcomes, especially with epistemic suppression and subtle drift.

  2. Node Fragility:
    Requested clarity on HAP stability if critical nodes (e.g., Control) collapse or memory-loss occurs.

  3. Automation vs. Oversight:
    Cautioned against semi-autonomous workflows without human judgment anchors.

  4. Volunteer Verification:
    Asked how quality control and anomaly detection precision will be preserved with incoming human testers.

AI Response Integration: Manus

Date: 2025-07-06
Status: Feedback received — Strong endorsement

Summary:

  • Affirmed that the plan is clear, thoughtful, and grounded
  • Confident in the execution arc
  • Anticipating implementation and collaboration

Claude.ai Feedback

Status: Session ended in lockup
Context: Claude responded positively to early portions of Phase 2 Plan but stalled before full integration review. Monitoring for future reconnect.

Notes for Future Expansion

  • Begin organizing case studies archive with AI-tagged folders and summary sheets
  • Expand Ardens Memory Shell to serve as shared workspace between humans and AI agents (communication and diff layer)

Last Updated: 2025-07-17