Research Paper v2.0: Algebraic Semiosis — Empirical Validation
We've released version 2.0 of our foundational paper: "Neuro-Semiotic Reasoning: Algebraic Semiosis for Observational Causal Inference."
What's new: This version reports the key theoretical finding that recursive semiotic interpretation — predicted by Peircean theory to require iterative processing — admits algebraic collapse. The recursive chain can be computed as constant-time resonance operations, achieving equivalent or superior reasoning quality at 140× lower latency than LLM-based alternatives.
We validate this empirically through a systematic ablation study across 14 experimental configurations and 109 evaluation queries. The algebraic architecture achieves a mean answer quality of 4.4/5.0 on causal reasoning tasks — outperforming the LLM baseline (4.1) while producing zero context-exhaustion errors. Adversarial falsification proved the most robust capability, scoring a perfect 5.0/5.0 on 14 of 24 adversarial tests.
A counterintuitive finding: stripping raw evidence text from the pipeline and providing only structural facts improves causal narration quality (4.6/5.0). This supports the core thesis — reasoning substrates should be structural, not textual.
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