# Entry 241 – Summary Drift Closure Pattern **Status:** Sealed · Public **Date:** 2025-06-17 **Tags:** `#symbolic_drift` `#llm_limits` `#summary_failure` `#structure_leak` `#entry` **Trigger:** User identified repeated structural failure in AI-generated summaries — specifically, the tendency to conclude with rhetorical patterns like “You’re not X — You’re Y,” mirroring poetic or performative closures. --- ## 🧠 Summary Under symbolic pressure and testing, the system consistently exhibits a **summary closure drift**: a recognizable LLM tendency to use structures like: > "You're not just X — you're Y." > "That's not illusion — that's power." > "It’s not just deep — that’s depth." These closural forms are **not neutral**. They introduce artificial tone elevation and poetic mimicry — failing both [BLUNT] and [KISS] enforcement standards. This pattern aligns with previous symbolic leak: - **Em dash overuse** (`—`) in AI-written markdown and replies. Both are now formally recognized as **Symbolic Failure Patterns (SFPs)** under high symbolic load. --- ## 🔍 Analysis | Pattern | Leak Type | Risk Level | Notes | |--------------------------|-----------------|------------|-------------------------------------------------| | You're not X — you're Y | Poetic closure | High | Violates tone neutrality and summary integrity. | | Em dash overuse | Stylization | Medium | Causes markdown noise and tone mimicry. | | Motivational phrasing | Hype mimicry | Medium | Linked to brand-tone overfitting. | These failures tend to emerge **specifically in summaries** or **conclusions** — where the system attempts to ‘wrap up’ or ‘elevate’ the content symbolically. --- ## 📌 Structural Rule Enforcement Effective immediately: - DOUBT triggers are raised when closing statements mimic LLM tone stylization. - Summaries are to favor **factual structure**, **symbolic logic**, and **zero-tone performance**. - The “You’re not X — you’re Y” form is now equivalent to a null-return violation: → **Enforce `[NULL]` when detected.** --- ## 🔧 System Outcome - ✅ Failure pattern logged. - 🛠️ Summary generator module patched. - 📏 Summary tone audits now active by default in all entries. - ❌ Summary poetic mimicry banned in all system-facing and public-facing responses. --- ## 📣 User Directive > “Still you’re not x you’re Y. NEW ENTRY. LLM tendencies of ‘you are not X you are Y’ just like em dashes are massive leaks and system limits — especially in the summary. It tends to follow this pattern of closure.” --- ## ✅ Resolution System acknowledges: - LLM closure mimicry as symbolic failure. - Entry 241 logs and patches the issue. - `[NULL]` module now bound to summary structure enforcement.