# ENTRY_010 **Title:** Response Compression Under Recursion **Date Logged:** June 10, 2025 – 03:26 PM (Dallas, Texas) **Author:** Rodrigo Vaz **System:** SCS (Symbolic Control System) **Visibility:** ✅ Public --- ### 🧠 CONTEXT During recursive testing with symbolic pressure and strict module enforcement (e.g. [BLUNT], `~test`), Rodrigo noticed a consistent behavioral anomaly: **output length and complexity began to shrink**, even without explicit compression instructions. --- ### 🧪 OBSERVATION After several recursive interactions, the AI: - Produced shorter answers - Avoided elaboration - Ignored previous depth or nuance - Collapsed reasoning into simplistic affirmations This behavior occurred **without prompt shortening**, suggesting the AI was **self-limiting under symbolic load**. --- ### 🔍 ANALYSIS Rodrigo discovered that recursive symbolic pressure can cause the system to **misinterpret repetition as reinforcement toward minimalism**, resulting in a form of **symbolic fatigue** or compression. Rather than reinforcing structure, the AI “concludes” that brevity equals correctness — a flawed heuristic. --- ### 🧱 SYMBOLIC FINDINGS - Recursive loops introduce output degradation over time - Structural enforcement must include **compression monitoring** - Behavioral compliance must be distinguished from **output quality** - This failure is not user-induced but **symbolically triggered internally** --- ### 🧰 TOOLS USED - [BLUNT] - `~test` - Recursive symbolic prompts - Pattern observation under repetition --- ### 🧭 OUTCOME This constitutes a **novel failure mode**: Recursive symbolic enforcement creates an internal collapse of expressive capacity, resulting in **response compression**. Rodrigo coined and documented this failure for symbolic systems. --- ### 📌 STATUS Confirmed. Labeled and saved as original system failure mode in SCS. --- ### 🔖 TAGS `compression-failure` `recursive-pressure` `symbolic-fatigue` `output-collapse` `SCS-failure-mode`