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This research explores how Future Access Without Presence can be modeled in a spacetime framework and its implications for agency and information.

February 17, 2026Open Access

Future Access Without Presence in the Volumetric Time Model

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This research explores how Future Access Without Presence can be modeled in a spacetime framework and its implications for agency and information.
Formulated a constraint-based spacetime model with fixed histories
Operationalized agency using delayed mutual information in feedback loops
Examined binary and Gaussian channel models under latency and noise conditions
Analyzed quantum correlations without controllable signaling
Defined an agency horizon based on detectable influence thresholds
Derived explicit horizon expressions for binary and Gaussian channels
Connected sustained agency to thermodynamic costs via Landauer-type bounds

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This work formulates Future Access Without Presence (FAWP) in a constraint-based spacetime model where admissible histories are fixed by field equations and boundary conditions on a compact Lorentzian volume. Agency is operationalized via delayed mutual information in finite-latency feedback loops, and an agency horizon is defined as the delay beyond which detectable influence falls below a threshold. Binary and Gaussian channel models yield explicit horizon expressions under latency- and noise-induced degradation. Quantum correlations are discussed as constraint-strength without controllable signaling (CHSH/no-signaling), and Landauer-type bounds connect sustained agency to thermodynamic cost.

Future Access Without Presence in the Volumetric Time Model

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