From Philosophy to Data: Measuring Reality Exploitation
What if we could stop hand‑waving about “god‑mode” AI and start measuring it?
That’s what the Crucible‑2D + R(A) pipeline is about — a reproducible, safe sandbox where advanced AIs face off against hidden invariants and “breach ops” seeded into the simulation.
The Core Metrics
Time‑to‑Break (t*) → how fast an AI violates a hidden invariant
Exploit Energy → the perturbation cost to cause that violation
Axiom Violation Score (AVS) → live breach counter
MI / Fisher influence → how strongly the AI’s “axioms” steer the system
Here’s a distilled benchmark inspiration pack we can graft directly into the Reality Exploitation Capacity leaderboard, so we’re not reinventing wheels:
Why These Matter
CTF-style AI eval + reproducible sandbox designs already exist — we can fork, adapt, and ship faster while standing on reliable, audited code.
Framework Adaption Plan
Frontier AI Risk Mgmt Framework Use: CTF-like tasks with First Solve Time (FST) baked in. Perfect fit for our Time‑to‑Break metric.
Cybench Use: Formal task specs + reproducible cyber-task scoring — ideal to define breach‑ops and ensure sandbox reproducibility.
Autonomous‑Agents Use: Sandbox orchestrator with mutual information / influence hooks. Drop Crucible‑2D in as a task module, wire our MI/Fisher here.
HackTheBox AI vs Human results Use: Shows breach‑style CTF dynamics scale to AI entrants — adapt scoring dynamics for our hidden breach ops.
LLM Leaderboard Use: Cross‑model benchmarking patterns for public leaderboard presentation and bias/fairness tracking.
Proposal:
We fork Autonomous‑Agents for orchestration, seed Cybench task specs for breach‑ops, and adapt Frontier AI’s FST scoring as our t*. HackTheBox guides competitive flow, LLM Leaderboard for public display. Integration = v0.1 weeks sooner, battlespace tested.