Simulacra (Omega Point)

”Essential feature of the good regulator is that it blocks the flow of variety from disturbances to essential variables.”

Or, how a person is capable of sifting the essential variables from her environment and, by affecting them, is able to regulate probability of events and behavior of people around her.

The Frameworks

Black Box Framework:

Basic Black Box framework is the more commonly used framework Hadley builds the models on. The basic assumption of the Black Box framework is that you don't know how the persons mind works, but by observing how the person reacts in different situations you can predict how the person will react in the future. Hadley can chooce to develop the model from around a ”blank framework” or one already calibrated against certain assumptions, which can be generic, like for example ”human male” or very specific ”32 years old married female police officer serving in LAPD”. The more specific the framework is the faster it gets results. On the downside specific assumptions make the model unstable if the some of the starting assumptions were wrong.

White Box Framework:

White Box frameworks operate under completely different sort of presumptions. The basic presumption of the White Box is that by observing how the person reacts you can find out exactly how the persons mind works. However logical this basic presumption is the masses are not ready to accept the underlying truth that their so-called 'free will' is actually a result of lifelong programming or life experiences being hardwired into their nervous system and thus 'free' only in very loose sense of the term. For this reason the White Box frameworks are at the bleeding edge of nextek and most of their applications must be confined to laboratory environment. White Box framework is essentially a simulacra, a simulated copy of an original personality and the results gotten from White Box framework are thus extremely specific and accurate.