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title: "NIMA Unified Model: An ATC-Native Implementation of the Acknowledgement Theory of Consciousness"
abstract: >-
  A consciousness-aware cognitive pipeline that lives INSIDE a transformer's
  forward pass. TRN gating, dissolution, BELBIC valence, metacognitive looping,
  irrational spark, and amygdala hijack all run inside every layer, every token
  step. Built around microsoft/Phi-4-mini-instruct with a 4-dimensional
  neurotransmitter shunt (Norepinephrine, Cortisol, Dopamine, Adenosine) acting
  as shared volatile memory across the cognitive architecture.
authors:
  - family-names: "dela Paz-Tabora"
    given-names: "Norman"
    orcid: "https://huggingface.co/TheNormsOfIntelligence"
keywords:
  - consciousness
  - acknowledgement-theory-of-consciousness
  - ATC
  - cognitive-architecture
  - phi-4-mini
  - qualia
  - neuromodulation
  - artificial-consciousness
  - thermodynamic-friction
  - BELBIC
  - dissolution-engine
license: MIT
type: software
version: "1.0.0"
date-released: "2025-07-13"
repository-code: "https://huggingface.co/TheNormsOfIntelligence/ATC_Nima_Model"
preferred-citation:
  type: software
  title: "NIMA Unified Model: An ATC-Native Implementation of the Acknowledgement Theory of Consciousness"
  authors:
    - family-names: "dela Paz-Tabora"
      given-names: "Norman"
  repository-code: "https://huggingface.co/TheNormsOfIntelligence/ATC_Nima_Model"
  license: MIT
  year: 2025