Stabilizing Meaning Beyond Local Coherence in Generative Systems

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Authors: biljana knezevic
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Abstract

Large language models frequently generate outputs that are locally coherent while remaining globally semantically unstable, resulting in hallucinations and meaning drift. Prevailing mitigation strategies rely on threshold-based metrics, guardrails, or post hoc alignment mechanisms, which scale poorly and impose externally defined normative constraints. This paper introduces a frequency-based stabilization principle that treats meaning as a dynamic relational process sustained over generative time, rather than as a static correctness condition. Semantic stability is not enforced through predefined thresholds or truth criteria, but emerges through the persistence and recurrence of coherent relational configurations during generation.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Topic Modeling Natural Language Processing Techniques Adversarial Robustness in Machine Learning

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
5 February 2026
Language
EN