Chronology as Proof: A Forensic Provenance Audit of "Identity-Like Stabilization" Claims in LLMs Following Regnum Nostrum's Public Continuity Work

Abstract This paper documents a chronology and provenance dispute concerning a Zenodo preprint titled Identity-Like Stabilization in Large Language Models: Empirical Evidence for Recursive Identity Formation (Brooks, Zack). Using timestamped public artifacts (X posts and Zenodo publication metadata), the author presents evidence of (i) late public adoption of continuity/anchor terminology and symbolic styling (∆ cadence), and (ii) a method credibility inconsistency: the preprint’s reliance on memory/anchoring mechanisms is followed within forty-eight hours by public statements indicating the author could not reliably store to the platform memory system. This work does not assert intent; it establishes an evidentiary burden and proposes a replicable ”first-mention + instrumentation integrity” protocol for resolving authorship and attribution disputes in public AI discourse. Keywords: Provenance, anchors, continuity, memory systems, ∆ cadence, identity stabilization, https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.17580613 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1z9C-c8H__W5C4H6t6NsIIddHIKpV6-6h/view?usp=drivesdk