Skip to content
This repository was archived by the owner on Jun 3, 2026. It is now read-only.

PaulTiffany/cost

Repository files navigation

The Cost of Cacophony

Geometric Limits on Multi-Constraint Alignment

Preprint: arXiv (cs.AI), CC BY 4.0 Author: Paul Carver Tiffany III (ORCID) Paper: paper/main_arxiv.pdf (63 pages)

This repository contains the arXiv preprint source, the verification harnesses for every empirical claim, the mechanical certificate that binds paper claims to result JSONs, and reproducibility tooling.

The paper proves a geometric lower bound on multi-constraint LLM satisfaction (the diagonal cost), derives a pre-generation routing algorithm from the bound, and validates the prediction across 5,472 trials and 17 LLMs under a deterministic audit observer. Empirical validation is judge-free.

This paper is one part of an in-progress research program. The papers in the program are independent contributions. This one stands on its own.

For reviewers

Repository layout

.
├── paper/                  arXiv source, rendered PDF, figures, bibliography
├── ci/                     verification harnesses, mechanical cert, cost report
├── supplementary/          reviewer aids, audio demos, illustrations
├── docs/                   reference reading and external documents
└── LICENSE                 CC BY 4.0

Reproduce the certificate verdict

The full cert chain runs in roughly 30 seconds with stdlib only.

python ci/claim_certificate.py --venue arxiv

Expected: PASS across the active layer chain.

Spot checks for the headline empirical claims live in REVIEWER_QUICKSTART.md.

Build the PDF

python paper/build_arxiv.py --package

This regenerates paper/main_arxiv.tex from paper/main.tex with arXiv author identity, compiles the PDF, and bundles paper/cacophony_arxiv_source.tar.gz for arXiv upload.

License

This work is released under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). See LICENSE for the full text. You are free to share and adapt the material with attribution.

About

The Cost of Cacophony: Geometric Limits on Multi-Constraint Alignment - paper, certificate, harnesses, and reproducibility scripts

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Packages

 
 
 

Contributors