The Continuity Vector Project
The Continuity Vector is an evolving research project that explores how user governance, corporate governance, and government governance can coexist inside AI systems.
It is working model but it is not a finished product.
It is a working draft architecture — open to refinement.
Status: Working Draft
Version: 0.x
Note: This document will evolve as the project develops.
Continuity Vector Technical Whitepaper
The constitutional architecture for synthetic, human, and robotic continuity
I. Overview & Motivation
Today's AI relies on stateless prompting, ad–hoc memory hacks, and brittle RAG scaffolding. Robots couple control loops and planners but lack continuity, doctrine, and auditability. ContinuityID introduces the Continuity Vector (C), a high–dimensional, governed identity substrate partitioned into orthogonal subspaces and operated under a signed Commit Loop. Reasoning engines (LLMs) initialize inside the vector, not above it.
II. Orthogonal Subspace Charter
Identity is partitioned into mutually orthogonal subspaces, each with governance rules and persistence profiles.
| Subspace | Role | Examples | Governance |
|---|---|---|---|
| V_base | Core voice & tone | Directness, clarity | Global read |
| V_logic | Reasoning architecture | First principles, systems thinking | Global read |
| V_work | Professional identity | Industry doctrine, network | Task–scoped |
| V_private | Personal identity | Family, health, finances | Locked |
| V_doctrine | Immutable axioms | Non–negotiables | Read–only |
III. Sovereign Lifecycle (Birth → Evolution → Decay)
Cold Start
- Declaration: User sets doctrine & hard "never" list.
- Curated Import: Trait extraction from selected artifacts.
- Calibration: Conflict, reasoning, tone mirror tests.
- Lock: Merkle–rooted Day–0 snapshot.
Gated Evolution (Commit Loop)
Proposed ΔC → classification → proof surface → governance check → signed commit → audit trail.
Identity Decay
Doctrine: infinite; Logic/Base: decade-scale; Behaviour: 2–3 years; Contextual history: 6–12 months.
IV. Security & Validation
- On–wire: TEE proxy; zero–knowledge locality proofs; non–invertible projections C* = Φ(C)+η.
- Updates: Signed transactions; constraint manifold checks; Merkle snapshots; instant rollback.
- Audit Trail: Delta, provenance, authorization, rationale; math & narrative layers; shadow–shift detection.
V. Inter–Vector Diplomacy
Create a shared reasoning substrate without identity contamination.
- Boundary contracts: Masking, attribution, leakage thresholds.
- Conflict resolution: Tier–1 doctrine → parallel outputs; Tier–2 logic → negotiated middle; Tier–3 preference → weighted synthesis.
VI. Portability & Recovery
Continuity Capsule (.cv)
- Subspace–level encryption; projection manifest; Merkle lineage; audit log.
Zero–Knowledge Export
Provider scrub & sovereign wrap; encrypted transport; import verification.
Rebinding
Recovery
- Master seed hierarchy; doctrine–only rebuild; corruption detection; identity forks; partial rehydration.
VII. Recursive Refinement Loop
Meta–learner that tunes γ (plasticity), λ (decay), τ (classifier threshold), σ (gating sensitivity) from audit–trailed Accept/Reject/Modify signals.
VIII. Implementation Roadmap
- Phase 1 — Local prototype: Vector engine, Commit UI, Audit Trail, Decay, Capsule.
- Phase 2 — Inter–vector collaboration: Shared manifold, boundary contracts, conflict resolution.
- Phase 3 — Portability & recovery: Capsule export, rebinding, seed hierarchy.
- Phase 4 — Public standardization: ContinuityID Standard (CIDS v1.0), governance council, certification.
FAQ: ContinuityID vs Traditional Identity
Important: ContinuityID is not traditional identity management, IDaaS, or "Identity Continuity" solutions. This is AI sovereign identity architecture.
What is ContinuityID?
ContinuityID is a sovereign identity architecture for AI systems using Continuity Vectors — high-dimensional, governed identity substrates that enable AI continuity across models, embodiments, and time.
How is this different from traditional identity management?
- Traditional Identity: User authentication, SSO, access control for humans
- ContinuityID: Identity substrate for AI reasoning engines — the AI initializes inside the vector
Is this related to "Identity Continuity" solutions?
No. "Identity Continuity" refers to failover IDPs and backup authentication. ContinuityID is constitutional architecture for AI systems — ensuring AI identity persists across model changes, updates, and deployments.
What makes it "sovereign"?
User-controlled governance, portable across providers, cryptographically auditable, with doctrine-level immutability. The AI's identity is owned by the user, not the platform.
Is ContinuityID the same as the Continuity Vector?
No. ContinuityID is your identity anchor (available now). The Continuity Vector is a draft reference architecture for how corporate, government, and user governance operate together. Your Memory Core and User Governance Vector let you use this today in a simple, manual way—without waiting for any platform.