capability persistence

The Last Proof: Why Time Is the Only Unfakeable Signal in the Synthesis Age

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Synthesis can generate perfect performance. Expert-level writing, sophisticated reasoning, flawless execution, credible expertise—all producible on demand without the capability that performance supposedly demonstrates. This creates civilization’s defining question: when AI makes all momentary signals fakeable, what remains as proof? The answer is singular and unavoidable: time. Not time as duration. Not time as deadline. Time … The Last Proof: Why Time Is the Only Unfakeable Signal in the Synthesis Age

The End of Assessment: Why All Performance-Based Evaluation Is Now Structurally Meaningless

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Split image showing examination room on left transitioning through lightning bolt to exploding test papers on right, illustrating categorical collapse of assessment infrastructure in 2024

Assessment did not gradually decline as AI improved. It did not face mounting pressure requiring adaptation. It did not encounter challenges demanding better methodology. Assessment collapsed as a coherent category in 2024. This is not hyperbole. This is not alarmism. This is structural description of what happened when AI crossed the capability threshold where generating … The End of Assessment: Why All Performance-Based Evaluation Is Now Structurally Meaningless