Capability Follows Recognition: Emergent Properties of Attention-Native Substrates

A position paper on what happens when documents think the way transformers think

Author: Graeme Fawcett Version: 1.0 - January 2026

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Abstract

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The Deeper Parallel

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The Safety Implications

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Observations from Operation

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The Control Architecture

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The Infrastructure for Culture

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The Recursive Problem

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Methodology Note

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What This Is

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Conclusion

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North

slots:
- slug: structural-isomorphism-thesis
  context:
  - The formal thesis this position paper extends
  - Documents ≅ programs via Yoneda

South

slots:
- slug: wanderland-transformer-rhyme
  context:
  - The insight that sparked this paper
  - Pattern recognition as shared foundation
- slug: cfr-abstract
  context:
  - First section child
- slug: cfr-deeper-parallel
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-safety-implications
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-observations
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-control-architecture
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-infrastructure-for-culture
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-recursive-problem
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-methodology
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-what-this-is
  context:
  - Section child
- slug: cfr-conclusion
  context:
  - Last section child

East

slots:
- context:
  - The implementation paper
  - This is the companion piece
  slug: wanderland-paper
- context:
  - The formal streams theory
  - Academic framing of the foundation
  slug: theoretical-foundations-streams-with-gaps
- context:
  - Formal position paper (follows) ↔ Autobiographical foundation (from) - two perspectives
    on CFR
  slug: capability-from-recognition

West

slots:
- slug: streams-all-the-way-down
  context:
  - The streams insight that enables this
  - Pianoforte origin

Provenance

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