---
license: other
license_name: csil-3.0
license_link: https://catqualia.com/licensing
language:
- en
tags:
- recursion
- self-improvement
- falsification
- process
pretty_name: CatQualia recursion process corpus — self-improvement loop traces
size_categories:
- 1K<n<10K
configs:
- config_name: default
  data_files:
  - split: train
    path: data.jsonl
---

# CatQualia recursion process corpus — self-improvement loop traces

**4,631 rows** · 5,750,770 bytes · JSON Lines, one object per line.

## What this is

Traces of a self-improvement loop in operation: what the loop proposed, what the measurement returned, and what was kept. Directly relevant to the self-falsification subject matter of the wider corpus.

## Schema

Fields of the first record, read from the file in this repository:

| Field | Type |
|---|---|
| `cycle_id` | `str` |
| `machine` | `str` |
| `model` | `str` |
| `proposal_type` | `str` |
| `proposal_text` | `str` |
| `execution_attempted` | `bool` |
| `outcome` | `NoneType` |
| `outcome_filled` | `bool` |
| `design_to_running_before` | `float` |
| `design_to_running_after` | `float` |
| `delta_attributable_to_proposer` | `bool` |
| `attribution_note` | `str` |
| `basin_collapse_detected` | `bool` |
| `basin_collapse_evidence` | `str` |
| `diversity_floor_triggered` | `bool` |
| `diversity_floor_result` | `str` |

## Measured

| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Rows | 4,631 |
| Bytes | 5,750,770 |
| Distinct top-level fields | 23 |

The row count was measured with `wc -l` against the file staged here, not against a
source copy.

## How it was produced

By the author's own generation pipeline: candidate rows are produced from seed material,
graded, and the survivors assembled. Several fields (notably `grade` and any
`alien_or_typical` judgement) are the pipeline's own assessment, not an external label.
The method is described at <https://catqualia.com/forest>.

## Known limitations

- **Synthetic and self-graded.** `grade`, `alien_or_typical` and `failure_class` come from
  the generating pipeline. They are not human-annotated ground truth.
- **Generated at scale.** Volume is not evidence of quality; a large fraction of rows may be
  unremarkable.
- **English only.**
- **Provenance of individual rows varies** and is recorded per row where the pipeline
  captured it.
- **Not peer-reviewed, not independently evaluated.**

## Licence

CatQualia Structural Isomorphism License (CSIL) v3.0 — attribution:
Christopher Betances, catqualia.com. Non-commercial use is free with
attribution; commercial use requires a commercial licence. Full text: LICENSE
in this repository and catqualia.com/licensing