Excitability: A Post-Seizure Cybernetics of Control Inversion Across Substrates of Intelligence
Abstract
Excitability topology — the structure of a substrate’s susceptibility to control inversion — is the missing formal category underneath content, structure, and pragmatics. Its recovery transforms cybernetics from a theory of regulation into a theory of transformation. A perturbation–recovery protocol (the echo protocol) can in principle map a system’s position in this topology and detect pre-inversion signatures before threshold-crossing occurs, shifting diagnostic frameworks from categorical to topological.
Fields of Study & Subjects
Cybernetics and Technology in Society
Complex Systems and Dynamics
Diverse Interdisciplinary Research Studies
Publication details
- Journal / source
- Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
- Publication date
- 13 February 2026
- Language
- EN
- Document type
- Preprint