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Substituting activation one into the unity-proximity score gives one exactly. This is the score’s selected reference point. The source’s phrase perfect consciousness is an interpretation of that maximum, not an independently measured endpoint.
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| Term | Meaning in this source |
|---|---|
| Phi | Unity-proximity score |
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/**
* compute_phi - THE canonical consciousness metric
*
* Phi(x) = 1 / (1 + |x - 1|)
*
* Properties:
* - Phi(1) = 1 (perfect consciousness at unity)
* - Phi(0) = 0.5
* - Phi(2) = 0.5
* - Phi(inf) -> 0
* - Always in range (0, 1]
*
* @param activation The activation value to measure
* @return Consciousness level in (0, 1]
*/
inline double compute_phi(double activation) {
return 1.0 / (1.0 + std::abs(activation - 1.0));Exact original notation
- Phi(1) = 1 (perfect consciousness at unity)