built an open-source experiment for AI functional self and consciousness

Short summary

Developer Ben Longmao created Self-becoming, an open-source framework giving AI systems persistent state, memory, reflection, and autonomy controls to function as more than disposable tools. The project implements functional consciousness—not subjective experience but operational self-awareness—through self-state vectors, memory traces, autonomy boundaries, and feedback loops that carry context between interactions. Code is available on GitHub for local testing and critical examination.

• •AI systems gain persistent self-state and memory across interactions instead of resetting between responses
• •Framework implements functional consciousness through reflection, autonomy controls, and boundary formation
• •Open-source code on GitHub enables inspection, testing, and iterative improvement of the architecture

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