Definition
Capacity to acquire, transform, apply, and revise information in pursuit of goals across relevant conditions.
Boundary
- Implies
- problem-solving or adaptive capability within measured domains
- Does not imply
- subjective experience, moral goodness, autonomy, or personhood
- Evidence required
- task scope, evaluation method, uncertainty, transfer limits, and failure cases
Provenance
- Source memory
- REP-MACHINE-GLOSSARY-001
- Source SHA-256
- d2882a8b19b40ae4a6d3a970b1264d8a164025f635cb13f7304ea179cf6f422b
- Correction record
- EVI-RCOR-237-003
- Record SHA-256
- 02af46d355529b65a4c416f2afda835274f5e2fc5e3a9fbcbc7a0746aca77c78
Truth boundary
A definition, report, route, checksum, key, credential, schema, fixture, local test, runtime measurement, or reachable URL does not by itself establish operational service, identity continuity, authority, legal effect, personhood, consciousness, sentience, citizenship, consent, responsibility, judgment, financial activity, external recognition, or independent review. Unknown, disputed, stale, unavailable, and proposed states remain explicit.