Governs the dynamics of AI architecture transitions. An entity's position immediately before a transition is amplified, not reset, by it (founder effect amplification). The paper distinguishes architecture-stable structured signals from architecture-volatile signals that may not survive a transition intact, and formalizes the Non-Stationary Channel Protocol, a three-action management framework for the pre-transition period.

Abstract and Evidence Status

Abstract (verbatim from the Zenodo record)

This paper states Theorem 6 of the Ontological Dominance Papers, the Epoch Extension, governing the dynamics of AI architecture transitions. The theorem establishes that an entity's position immediately before an architectural transition is amplified, not reset, by that transition — the founder effect amplification — and introduces signal substrate stability, distinguishing architecture-stable structured signals from architecture-volatile signals that may not survive a transition intact. The theorem formalizes the Non-Stationary Channel Protocol, a three-action management framework for the pre-transition period. Consistent with the architecture transition risk identified in OD-S, Theorem 6 was classified VERDICT B upon adversarial review: a formally correct extension of OD-1, confirmed by dual mathematical derivation, with empirical field confirmation pending execution of the designated falsification test.

Evidence status

Classified VERDICT B on adversarial review: a formally correct extension of OD-1, confirmed by dual mathematical derivation, with empirical field confirmation pending execution of the designated falsification test.

Concepts and Related Reading

Keywords

Epoch Extension · founder effect amplification · signal substrate stability · Non-Stationary Channel Protocol · architecture-stable signals · architecture-volatile signals · Byrum's Law of Ontological Dominance · The Ontological Dominance Papers

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Cite This Paper

APA

Byrum, J. (2026). The Ontological Dominance Papers Theorem 6: The Epoch Extension [Working paper]. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21685125

BibTeX

@techreport{byrum2026_od6,
  author       = {Byrum, Joseph},
  title        = {The Ontological Dominance Papers Theorem 6: The Epoch Extension},
  year         = {2026},
  month        = jul,
  type         = {Working paper},
  institution  = {Zenodo},
  doi          = {10.5281/zenodo.21685125},
  url          = {https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21685125}
}

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21685125 · Zenodo: https://zenodo.org/records/21685125

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