self-knowledge-substitution
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Statement
In the reflective-oracle framework the agent's source code is unknown while every code's behaviour is known, and this substitutes in part for the bounded case, where the code is known and its behaviour is not.
Source
projects/deference/faf-cleanroom-2026-10-02/sources/unbounded-embedded/01-primary/summer-research-plan-2026--research-ideas-may-2026.md: "In Cole's framework, source code must remain unknown, but the behavior of any given code is always known. These two can substitute for each other, to some extent; not knowing the source code is somewhat like not knowing code's behavior."
Notes
The mechanism by which picture (b) of the representability crux would work; uea-self-knowledge-vs-self-modification is where it strains.
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