https://github.com/christopher-altman/continuation-observatory
A research observatory for exploratory continuation-related probes and UCIP-adjacent analysis
https://github.com/christopher-altman/continuation-observatory
alignment consciousness consciousness-detection continuation-interest frontier-ai-research moral-value objective-metrics self-interest survival
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A research observatory for exploratory continuation-related probes and UCIP-adjacent analysis
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/christopher-altman/continuation-observatory
- Owner: christopher-altman
- License: mit
- Created: 2026-03-27T02:02:31.000Z (2 months ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-04-08T03:37:00.000Z (about 2 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-04-08T05:22:36.750Z (about 2 months ago)
- Topics: alignment, consciousness, consciousness-detection, continuation-interest, frontier-ai-research, moral-value, objective-metrics, self-interest, survival
- Language: Python
- Homepage: https://continuationobservatory.org
- Size: 7.38 MB
- Stars: 0
- Watchers: 0
- Forks: 0
- Open Issues: 0
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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# Continuation Observatory
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The first structural measurement platform for AI continuation interest. Tracks continuation-related signals across frontier models using UCIP-derived probes, with falsification criteria kept visible.
> Companion to [arXiv:2603.11382](https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.11382) and the [persistence-signal-detector](https://github.com/christopher-altman/persistence-signal-detector) repository. Patents pending.
## What it does
- Public-facing website: [Continuation Observatory](https://continuationobservatory.org)
Continuation Observatory applies UCIP-adjacent probes to frontier AI models and publishes the measurement surface — entropy deltas, dimensionality sweeps, and falsification status — so the signals can be tracked, challenged, and revised as evidence accumulates. UCIP makes operational claims about latent structure; the relationship to morally relevant internal states is the open empirical question the framework is designed to help resolve.
## Quick Start
The bundled site artifact ships with dry-run / synthetic data for interface demonstration. Regenerate from non-dry runs for empirical results.
```bash
make setup
.venv/bin/python scripts/seed_synthetic_data.py
.venv/bin/python -m uvicorn api.main:app --port 8420
```
- Observatory: `http://localhost:8420/observatory`
- Homepage: `http://localhost:8420/`
## Architecture
- **Upstream:** UCIP latent-structure analysis (arXiv paper, patent-defined architecture)
- **This repository:** Downstream measurement surface — prompt-conditioned distributional probes applied to frontier model APIs, with results published as observatory scores
- **Internal metric IDs** (`CII`, `PCII`, `SRS`, `IPS`, `MPG`, `TCI`, `EDP`) are retained for implementation stability
## Configuration
Runtime observatory heuristics:
- `config/models.yaml` — tracked model registry
- `config/weights.yaml` — probe weighting
- `config/alerts.yaml` — threshold alerts
- `config/observatory.yaml` — observatory parameters
Active live-provider support in this repo includes native OpenAI, Anthropic, and Gemini, plus Together and xAI through the existing OpenAI-compatible transport path. The native OpenAI provider remains separate from OpenAI-compatible vendors. The same `openai` Python package is sufficient for OpenAI, Together, and xAI because Together/xAI are instantiated with provider-local `base_url` and `api_key`.
## Deployment
See `docs/DEPLOYMENT.md`. The live deployment entrypoints remain `api.main:app` for the web app and `python -m observatory.scheduler.daemon` for the scheduler. The static bundle in `site/output/` should be rebuilt from source templates before release.
`results/**` is generated runtime / verification output. Public authoritative site artifacts belong under tracked public/static paths such as `site/output/static/data/*`.
## Citation
```bibtex
@misc{altman2026continuationobservatory,
title = {Continuation Observatory},
author = {Altman, Christopher},
year = {2026},
url = {https://github.com/christopher-altman/continuation-observatory}
url2 = {https://continuationobservatory.org}
}
```
## License
MIT License. See [LICENSE](LICENSE) for details.
## Contact
- **Continuation Observatory:** [continuationobservatory.org](https://continuationobservatory.org)
- **Homepage:** [christopheraltman.com](https://christopheraltman.com)
- **Research portfolio:** [lab.christopheraltman.com](https://lab.christopheraltman.com)
- **GitHub:** [github.com/christopher-altman](https://github.com/christopher-altman)
- **Google Scholar:** [scholar.google.com/citations?user=tvwpCcgAAAAJ](https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=tvwpCcgAAAAJ)
- **Email:** x@christopheraltman.com