Controlled comparative experimentEditorial extract
Capability Is Not Its Encoding
A controlled Machine Edition experiment separates the demonstrated value of an explicit capability from the unproven incremental value of its machine-native encoding and deterministic runtime.
Examines ME-FIRST-004 and the resulting architectural distinction between capability, representation, and execution, arguing that each additional AI-system layer should earn causal credit through evidence.
Scope of the finding
The comparison involved one capability, one frozen corpus, one experimental protocol, and one model setting.