What it demonstrates
Grounding as persistence.
The software makes symbolic grounding inspectable as a problem of constraint, memory and future interpretation—not merely token association.
First public software line
Mirror-1
An executable symbolic recursive interpreter for exploring how symbols acquire stability through relations, competition, commitment and governed return.
The symbolic cycle
Mirror-1 turns a conceptual sequence into an inspectable process.
- 01Symbols
Inputs enter the interpreter.
- 02Relations
Connections accumulate in context.
- 03Competition
Candidate interpretations are evaluated.
- 04Commitment
A stable invariant is selected.
- 05Return
History changes what interprets the next symbol.
Relationship to Volume I
Execution after theory and test.
Mirror-1 is the software expression of the first stage. It does not replace the laboratories or collected edition; it carries one central mechanism into code.
View Volume I →Later systems extend the programme into governed memory, repair policy and long-horizon neuro-symbolic continuity.