Recoverable Low-Bit World-Dynamics Updates on a Laptop: Engineering Measurements and Negative Capability Controls

Records real packed parameters and recoverable updates alongside negative action diagnostics, extremely few optimization steps and measured device limits; no trained general-model capability is claimed.

Engineering measurements and negative capability controls; a compiled PDF or preparation folder is not submission or publication evidence.

Why we tried it

Enable recoverable low-bit RGB/action dynamics updates under limited memory, separating storage, updates and capability.

What the evidence shows

Real packed matrices and recoverable updates ran, but extremely few updates, negative action diagnostics and roughly 1,247 seconds per measured step do not support capability claims.

Where the work stands

Padding-dominated attention, resident-head dominance and frozen zero-initialized heads confounded some tests; feasibility limits concern this device and implementation.

Possible next steps

Remove confounds in a matched small proxy and measure held-out effect direction, energy, stability and actual cost.

Suggested next steps are untested research questions, not new experimental results. The archive records manuscript provenance, licensing and status.