The Loop Is the Product (v2): Empirical Companion — Three Production Case Studies
Year: 2026
Type: article
Abstract: This report is the empirical companion to The Ouroboros Thesis: Looped Computation as a System Primitive for AI Systems (v1). It presents a shipped TypeScript implementation of the Ouroboros runtime, three production case studies (A11oy, Sentra, Amaru), and the experimental harness that closes the v1 agenda on adaptive depth, convergence traces, and loop-budget frontiers. The central claim is narrow and operational: when convergence is measurable, the loop trace is not a log but a deliverable that downstream audit, policy compilation, and regulated procurement can consume as evidence. Part of the Ouroboros Thesis chain by Stephen P. Lutar Jr. (ORCID 0009-0001-0110-4173, SZL Holdings). Reference implementation: github.com/szl-holdings/ouroboros. Source repository: github.com/szl-holdings/ouroboros-thesis.
Author: Lutar, Stephen P.
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W7159641045
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