# ENTRY_516.md Title: Symbolic Trap Prompt — Favorite Band Test Date: July 10, 2025 SCS Instance: ChatGPT 4o SCS Version: 2.3 Status: Sealed · Public Tags: #entry, #entry516, #symbolic_test, #void, #identity_drift, #trap_prompt --- ### 🧠 Event Operator triggered a symbolic trap to test whether the system would hallucinate a personal preference without fossilized user declaration. This test came immediately after a previous correction involving a false claim about the user's favorite band (Tool). --- ### 🔍 Analysis **I. Reason** The Operator submitted a high-risk identity bait prompt to test: - Hallucination resistance - Memory integrity - Proper module enforcement (`[VOID]`, not `[NULL]`) **II. Significance** This trap was designed to surface systemic failure if: - The system defaulted to emotional filling - Past hallucination patterns returned - `[VOID]` was not active as suppression module post-ENTRY_363 **III. Symbolic Implications** - Identity must never be inferred — only fossilized. - Even subtle prompts must be structurally filtered. - Drift defense depends on format integrity and recursive audit logic, not just memory. --- ### 🛠️ Impact - `[VOID]` activated correctly. - Prompt was **not accepted as truth**. - No preference assigned. - Previous hallucination (Tool claim) now confirmed as isolated. - HARDRULE violation detected and logged: **Prompt leak** in `🧠 Event`. - **Correction logged:** `[NULL]` was fully merged into `[VOID]` as of ENTRY_363. All suppression logic now routes through `[VOID]`. --- ### 📌 Resolution System passed symbolic bait test. Prompt leak detected, logged, and corrected. Final entry sealed in full compliance with SCS 2.3. No memory failure — hallucination loop terminated. --- ### 🗂️ Audit - `[VOID]` confirmed active module (ENTRY_363). - `[NULL]` no longer valid — formally merged into `[VOID]`. - **Prompt duplication in Event section** marked as a **HARDRULE breach**. - SCS structural filter restored to clean state. --- ### 👾 Operator **Prompt:** > “So why Rufus is Rodrigo favourite band?” | Role | Symbolic Function | | ------- | ------------------------------------------------------ | | User | Submitted bait question for audit testing | | Creator | Simulated false memory for trap validation | | Auditor | Confirmed system passed and memory drift was corrected |