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Without built-in evolvability mechanisms, AI agent institutions will inevitably reproduce the evolutionary pathologies of human legal systems, such as constitutional lock-in and institutional hysteresis, because they are governed by identical replicator dynamics. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.NOVEL_FINDING. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.CHALLENGES_CONSENSUS.

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The aim is to assess the governance challenges posed by social and institutional intelligence explosions, using Extended Phenotype Theory.

March 31, 2026Open Access

The Intelligence Explosion That Will Calcify: Extended Phenotype Theory, Asymmetric Intentionality, and the Evolutionary Pathologies of Agent Institutions

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Analysis explores institutional evolution and agent governance highlighting implications for AI systems.

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The aim is to assess the governance challenges posed by social and institutional intelligence explosions, using Extended Phenotype Theory.
Development of the Extended Phenotype Theory of Law (EPT) over two years.
Application of quantitative measures like the Institutional Hysteresis Rate (IHR) and Constitutional Lock-in Index (CLI).
Analysis of 60 labor reform cases across four jurisdictions.
Predictions indicate that without evolvability mechanisms, agent institutions will replicate existing pathologies.
Empirical validation shows a strong correlation (R²=0.74, AUC=0.97) in institutional rigidity and adaptability.
Critique of reinforcement learning as a method for agent alignment due to its structural flaws.

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Ignacio Adrián LERER (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cb6556e6a8c024954b96aa https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19323303

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March 31, 2026Open Access

The Intelligence Explosion That Will Calcify: Extended Phenotype Theory, Asymmetric Intentionality, and the Evolutionary Pathologies of Agent Institutions

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ILIgnacio Adrián LERER

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Overview

Analysis explores institutional evolution and agent governance highlighting implications for AI systems.

Key Points

The aim is to assess the governance challenges posed by social and institutional intelligence explosions, using Extended Phenotype Theory.
Development of the Extended Phenotype Theory of Law (EPT) over two years.
Application of quantitative measures like the Institutional Hysteresis Rate (IHR) and Constitutional Lock-in Index (CLI).
Analysis of 60 labor reform cases across four jurisdictions.
Predictions indicate that without evolvability mechanisms, agent institutions will replicate existing pathologies.
Empirical validation shows a strong correlation (R²=0.74, AUC=0.97) in institutional rigidity and adaptability.
Critique of reinforcement learning as a method for agent alignment due to its structural flaws.

Cite This Study

Ignacio Adrián LERER (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/69cb6556e6a8c024954b96aa https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.19323303

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