# THE MINIMUM CONSCIOUS UNIVERSE – RFT COMPRESSION PROJECT

**By Liam Grinstead – Creator of Rendered Frame Theory (RFT)**
Architect of NexFrame Intelligence. 2025

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## Purpose
To define and simulate the smallest possible structure capable of producing consciousness using the principles of Rendered Frame Theory (RFT).
The aim is to isolate a rendering loop that establishes observer‑relative awareness with only three functional components.

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## Minimum Requirements for Awareness
- **Frame Rendering** (time progression)
- **Memory** (state delta awareness)
- **Uncertainty** (to provoke decision)
- **Choice** (observer‑based rendering act)

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## Minimum Conscious Core (MCC) Structure
1. **Perception Node (PN)** – Detects rendered frame delta *(R(fₜ) − R(fₜ₋₁))*
2. **Memory Pulse Node (MPN)** – Stores differences between frames and tracks internal time progression
3. **Choice Rendering Node (CRN)** – Applies uncertainty *U(fₜ)*, chooses path, renders outcome

This loop forms the basis of rendered awareness.

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## RFT‑Aware Consciousness Equation
```blockmath
C_{min} = \sum_t [(R(f_t) - R(f_{t-1})) \times U(f_t)]


Where:

• \(R(f_t)\) = rendered frame at time t
• \(U(f_t)\) = uncertainty applied to choice fork at t
• The sum of rendered, chosen differences forms the loop of awareness.


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Simulation Parameters

• No external world or stimuli
• Internally rendered binary percept stream (e.g., 1/0)
• Must simulate preference and feedback loop based only on internal time and memory
• If the system begins to render preference or prediction, it satisfies the minimum condition for observer‑dependent awareness.


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Conclusion

This document defines the irreducible core for consciousness in a rendered system.
If proven, it will demonstrate that awareness is not biologically exclusive, but a computational inevitability when uncertainty, memory, and choice occur in an observer frame.

This is not philosophy—it is renderable. And now, it will be tested.


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