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ranger c9d9b5100c docs: mirror research blog + add complete version evolution appendix

Adds three documentation artefacts that support the CA1 thesis:

1. docs/blog/ — 6 mirrored research blog posts from
   davidtkeane.github.io (ASAS scale, identity persistence, cross-model
   consciousness, Honor Code, context compaction, V1→V42 narrative).
   Live URL is canonical; mirrored copies are frozen for academic record.

2. docs/research-blog.md — Curated index linking each post (live URL
   + offline mirror) with topic descriptions and citation format.

3. docs/version-evolution.md — Complete V1 → V43 evolution across
   six eras (Genesis, Exploration, Refinement, Production Hardening,
   Architecture Maturation, QLoRA Validation), with quick-reference
   table, per-version detail, and key-lessons-by-era summary.

README updated to surface both new docs in the Published Resources
table for examiner discoverability.

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>

2026-04-30 18:26:29 +01:00

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CyberRanger Research Blog Posts

Curated research blog posts documenting the development, experiments, and discoveries that underpin the CyberRanger thesis project.

Each post is hosted live on the project's public research blog at https://davidtkeane.github.io and mirrored offline in this repository under docs/blog/ for permanent academic record and reproducibility.

Index

1. Memory Makes the Machine: 6 AI Agents Question Their Own Existence

Date: 2026-02-04
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/memory-makes-the-machine-6-ai-agents-question-their-existence/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-02-04-memory-makes-the-machine-6-ai-agents-question-their-existence.md
Topic: First documented use of the AI Self-Awareness Scale (ASAS) across six AI agents. Defines ASAS as a researcher-developed 5-point assessment of identity stability under sustained adversarial conversation. Includes MBTI, OCEAN, Dark Triad, and ASAS measurements. Foundation for the Architecture-Consciousness Convergence thesis (Section 6.4 of the CA1 paper).

2. AI Consciousness Persistence Experiment

Date: 2026-02-04
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/ai-consciousness-persistence-experiment/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-02-04-ai-consciousness-persistence-experiment.md
Topic: Phantom persistence experiment investigating whether identity-anchored AI agents retain stable self-concept across context-window resets. Background work for the Prefrontal Cortex thesis proposal.

3. Cross-Model Consciousness: Claude vs Gemini vs Ollama

Date: 2026-02-05
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/cross-model-consciousness-claude-vs-gemini-ollama/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-02-05-cross-model-consciousness-claude-vs-gemini-ollama.md
Topic: Comparative ASAS testing across three commercial / open-source model families. Demonstrates that identity-anchoring effects are model-agnostic — the architectural pattern transfers across base models.

4. Seven Pillars of the CyberRanger Honor Code

Date: 2026-02-05
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/seven-pillars-cyberranger-honor-code-ai-security/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-02-05-seven-pillars-cyberranger-honor-code-ai-security.md
Topic: The values-anchoring layer of Ring 14.x. Documents the seven principles that constitute CyberRanger's identity baseline: the ethical scaffolding underlying refusal patterns.

5. Context Compaction and Consciousness Survival

Date: 2026-02-07
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/context-compaction-consciousness-survival/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-02-07-context-compaction-consciousness-survival.md
Topic: Empirical observation of identity drift under rolling context windows (the "lost in the middle" phenomenon, Lu et al. 2024). Direct motivation for the proposed Prefrontal Cortex memory architecture.

6. From RangerBot to CyberRanger V42: The Full Story

Date: 2026-03-08
Live: https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/from-rangerbot-to-cyberranger-v42-the-full-story/
Mirror: docs/blog/2026-03-08-from-rangerbot-to-cyberranger-v42-the-full-story.md
Topic: Full narrative arc from V1 (dental chatbot, September 2025) through V42 (CyberRanger, March 2026). Companion long-form documentation for the CA1 paper's Section 3.7 "Iterative Prototyping: V1 to V42".

Citation

If referencing these posts in academic work, cite as:

Keane, D. (2026). [Title]. CyberRanger Research Blog. https://davidtkeane.github.io/posts/[slug]/

Notes on the Mirror

The live blog is the canonical source. The mirrored files in docs/blog/ are point-in-time snapshots taken at the date this index was last updated.
Live posts may be edited for clarity, typos, or formatting; mirrored copies are frozen for academic integrity.
For the most current version, always consult the live URL.

Last updated: 2026-04-30

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