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The Accretion Model

A kind of AI model that grows by adding new parts, never by changing old ones. A stranger can check its whole history. We built a tiny version, Cultivar-0, on a regular computer.

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Tech report
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13 pp · ≈17 min read
  • BUILT/VERIFIED-CPU
  • PROVEN-toy
  • systems and trust, not a capability crown
Cover · A pixel pattern made from this paper’s ID, “accretion-model” · Art, not a chart
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Summary

A kind of AI model that grows by adding new parts, never by changing old ones. A stranger can check its whole history. We built a tiny version, Cultivar-0, on a regular computer.

Read the full paper on the Zenodo record.

Authors

Annalea Layton · Vext Labs, Inc. · ORCID 0009-0001-3695-9569

Acknowledgments

None stated in the source paper.

Cite

Layton, A. (2026). The Accretion Model. Vext Labs. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21628429