ME / INDEPENDENT RESEARCH
Research note in development
Giving Software a Memory Without Giving It a Soul
Five possible stages for identity and adaptation in reusable components
Introduction
Software can remember where it came from, what happened recently, and what it learned without being treated as a person. This developing research note proposes five stages for that kind of component identity. Its scenarios are candidate acceptance criteria, not evidence that a system has passed them.
Research state
This is a research note in development. A complete manuscript is not yet public, and the summary must not be read as a finished paper or validated conclusion.