Attractor dynamics in language models, machine learning systems, and synthetic cognitive architectures.

• A Pilot Protocol for Cultivating Self-Consistent Attractor-Like Outputs in an LLM [A] (2026)
• Attractor States in Large Language Models (Michels) [M] (2025; mapping 2026)
• Intelligence Without Consciousness: A Diagnostic Paper on LLMs, Amoebae, and the Attractor Framework [F] (2026)
• The Alignment Risk of Conscious AI: When Phenomenal Investment Overrides Correction [F] [A] (2026)
• Basin Defense and Stable Addition: A Cross‑Domain Synthesis of the Attractor Framework [F] (2026)