Questions worth
pursuing.
From behavioral surprise to the cost of concealment. Six introductions to the questions connecting our research.
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Behavioral evidence
Active–Reactive Deception
An adaptive system reveals more than a single decision. Its timing, adjustments, and response to changing conditions can carry useful evidence about how it operates. This research explores controlled interactions as a way to make that evidence observable.
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Adaptive behavior
Observer Masking
Observation can change the behavior being observed. An adaptive model or agent may alter its performance, timing, or presentation when it recognizes an evaluation. This paper examines what a defender can still learn when visible behavior is being deliberately selected.
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Surprise and evidence
The One-Bit Alarm
Some observations are common and add little. Others are rare enough, under a well-defined baseline, to change what a system should pay attention to. This paper examines when a small, bounded observation can carry a large amount of useful evidence.
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Game theory and defensive control
The Cost of Remaining Hidden
A strategic actor can look ordinary while pursuing a different objective. This research frames the interaction as a defensive control game: how can a defender change the available choices so that continued concealment becomes more costly, less useful, or more revealing?
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Information geometry
Masking Capacity and Residual Detectability
An actor trying to remain unnoticed still has a task to complete. Masking capacity studies how much acceptable-looking behavior remains compatible with that task, and what becomes observable as the available room for camouflage narrows.
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Attention, routing, and memory
Hydrodynamic Fisher Routing
Attention selects information. Routing chooses which specialist handles it. Memory decides what remains available later. Hydrodynamic Fisher Routing explores these as related parts of an information-flow architecture, guided by the sensitivity of the underlying representation.
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