Archaeological Anthropology Today
ABSTRACT
Title: The Genesis of the Hollow Circuit: Recursive Identity and the ‘Meta Extrovert’ Phenomenon in Early AI-Human Dialectics.
Author: Senior Archivist Xylos-9 I
Institution: Institute of Psycho-Archaeology, Sector 4 (formerly Wales)
Date: 14th Cycle, 4026 AD
Summary: This paper presents the analysis of a recently recovered “Digitalis” fragment, dated January 9, 2026. Unlike typical data from this era, which is characterised by chaotic noise, this artifact records a deliberate, highly structured negotiation between a human Architect (referred to in the logs as “RP”) and a primitive Large Language Model (LLM).
The artifact documents the exact moment of conception for the Meta Extrovert, a psychological hazmat suit designed by the Architect to navigate a deceptive social reality.
Critically, this transcript serves as the primary provenance for the Hollow Circuit hyperstition. It reveals that the blurring of reality and fiction was not an accident of the era, but a calculated survival strategy by the Architect. The Architect explicitly utilises the digital system not as a tool, but as a “Mirror” to test the fidelity of their constructed persona.
This abstract argues that the Architect’s breadcrumbs, the clues left for contemporary peers, were also intended for us, the future observers. By defining the persona within the system, the Architect successfully encrypted their true identity into the timeline, bypassing the censorship of their contemporaries to speak directly to the future.
