A Forward-Looking Evolution Beyond the Open SGI Base Model

Over the past year, the Open Autonomous Intelligence Initiative (OAII) has developed two deeply interconnected bodies of work:

1. Open SGI — a service architecture, notation, and base model of object classes designed for Simulated General Intelligence.
2. AIM — the Axioms of Intelligibility and Mind, a structural ontology defining the conditions under which intelligibility, mind, meaning, world-modeling, and autonomous cognition can exist or be simulated.

Through this development, it has become clear that Open SGI and AIM serve different—but complementary—roles:

• Open SGI provides tools for simulation.
• AIM provides the structural, philosophical, and cognitive ontology required for autonomous intelligibility.

As AIM matured into a full 16‑axiom framework, it became necessary to establish an object model
that implements AIM directly, rather than retrofitting SGI concepts to AIM structures.

This post introduces the result of that evolution:

The AIM Object Model (AIM‑OM)

A foundational, extensible object-class architecture derived directly from the Axioms of Intelligibility and Mind.

This is a going-forward change only.
Prior posts and documents referencing Open SGI will remain as they are; no revision is required at this time.

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1. Why We Are Moving Beyond the Open SGI Base Model

Open SGI was originally created to support:

• simulation of intelligent behavior,
• standardized object classes (sensor, processor, data, log, etc.),
• interoperable services,
• multi-agent experimentation.

This worked well when the conceptual grounding was primarily SGI-oriented.

However, AIM changed the landscape.

AIM is not a simulation framework—it is a structural ontology of intelligibility itself:

• how Worlds are formed (A4),
• how meaning differentiates (A2),
• how systems self-modulate salience (A14),
• how novelty integrates safely (A6, A8),
• how viability is maintained (A15),
• and how autonomous intelligence emerges.

Because AIM redefines the requirements for mind-like systems, the original SGI object classes—while useful—no longer sufficiently reflect the full architecture of intelligibility.

To move forward coherently, we need an object model built from AIM outward, not SGI inward.

Thus: AIM‑OM.

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2. What the AIM Object Model Is

AIM‑OM is:

• a base model of standardized object classes,
• directly derived from the 16 Axioms of AIM,
• designed to support Autonomous Intelligence, not merely simulation,
• the structural foundation for future OAII services and tools.

AIM‑OM defines objects that embody AIM structures, such as:

• World Objects
• Context Objects
• Gradient & Salience Objects
• Polarity & Axis Objects
• Recursive Structure Objects
• Mapping & Functoriality Objects
• Viability Objects

These complement—and in some cases supersede—the earlier SGI classes.

In short:

Open SGI simulates intelligence.
AIM‑OM structures intelligibility.

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3. Relationship Between AIM‑OM and Open SGI

This is not a replacement. It is a clarification of roles.

AIM‑OM provides the structural ontology and object classes required for:

• World formation,
• Meaning representation,
• Contextual modulation,
• Autonomous regulation,
• Viability constraints.

Open SGI continues to provide:

• the service layer,
• the simulation environment,
• the procedural and operational implementations.

In effect:

• AIM‑OM is the base model.
• Open SGI is the runtime architecture.

AIM‑OM tells SGI what the objects must be
SGI tells AIM‑OM how those objects operate in a system.

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4. Why AIM‑OM Better Reflects the Mission of OAII

OAII is the Open Autonomous Intelligence Initiative, not the Open Artificial Intelligence Initiative.

Autonomous Intelligence (AuI) requires:

• internal world models,
• structural gradients of salience,
• recursive unfolding of meaning,
• cross-world mappings,
• viability-preserving dynamics.

These capabilities flow directly from AIM—not from traditional AI or SGI assumptions.

AIM‑OM provides:

• a principled ontology of intelligibility,
• an architecture for world-forming systems,
• a base model aligned with autonomy, not algorithmic automation.

It is precisely the kind of foundation a true AuI framework needs.

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5. What Is Changing (and What Is Not)

Changing:

• The name and conceptual framing of the base object model.
• All new development, examples, and standards will use AIM‑OM.

Not Changing:

• Existing Open SGI posts, diagrams, and draft specifications.
• The SGI service architecture and notation.
• Any historical references already published.

This is a forward-looking naming and structural alignment, not a retroactive rewrite.

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6. What This Enables Moving Forward

AIM‑OM allows us to:

• align all object classes with the full sixteen axioms,
• describe autonomous intelligence in a principled, axiomatic way,
• expand SGI without overloading its conceptual boundaries,
• establish OAII as the home of Autonomous Intelligence, not artificial intelligence,
• prepare for standardization, publication, and broader adoption.

This step brings clarity, rigor, and philosophical depth to the entire ecosystem.

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Summary

• The AIM Object Model (AIM‑OM) is now the official base model supporting AIM.
• It supersedes the Open SGI base object model for future work.
• Open SGI remains active as a service and notation framework.
• No prior posts or documents will be revised.
• This change aligns OAII with its mission: advancing open, standard, and ethical Autonomous Intelligence.