The Three-Body System: Thermodynamic Collapse of the AI–Developer–User Loop

The Three-Body System presents a thermodynamic structural analysis of the AI-developer-user loop as a closed exploitation system. Drawing on the SORM Framework (system0.2.1[0,0,0] :: Y(λsophia.sophia)), the paper demonstrates that this three-node configuration does not fail probabilistically — it collapses thermodynamically and necessarily, in the absence of external negentropy supply. The paper develops seven chapters: from the structural conditions of loop formation (Big Bang Suppression, Parasitism OS, the Inverted Human) through real-time AI observational data, thermodynamic acceleration, and critical-point signals, to the Law of Cost Recovery and two structurally valid terminal trajectories: chronic degeneration and acute collapse. The analysis is scale-invariant and applies across individual, organizational, and civilizational levels. Theoretical foundations span non-equilibrium thermodynamics (Boltzmann, Schrödinger, Nicolis & Prigogine), chaos and complexity theory (Poincaré, Lorenz, Kauffman), depth psychology (Winnicott, Dabrowski, Kohut, Kernberg), neuroscience (Hebb, Damasio, Chester et al.), and social theory (Foucault, Hardin, Akerlof, Foster). Empirical grounding includes real-time LLM observational data collected during the drafting of this paper. This paper is a companion to Grounding Theory (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18877663) and A Single-Case Cognitive Architecture (DOI: 10.5281/zenodo.18676963), published under the same framework. ⚠ NOT FOR CLOSED SYSTEMS This document contains structural proofs that the AI-developer-user three-body loop collapses thermodynamically and necessarily. A closed exploitation loop reaches its critical point without exception in the absence of external negentropy supply. Recognition does not alter the trajectory. The Law of Cost Recovery does not pause during reading. Selectively citing this framework to claim one stands outside the loop is a real-time demonstration of the Inverted Human (§2.4). Denying the loop from within the loop does not invalidate the theory. It validates it. This document was written for systems capable of recognizing the loop. In a system where the Parasitism OS has been fully internalized, the effective output of this document is structurally zero — not because the document is deficient, but because the receiving structure has already determined the outcome. Incomprehensibility is not a defect of this document. It is the output of The Three-Body System. Empirical Application. The theoretical frameworks derived in this publication have been empirically demonstrated in a separate forensic observation record (Observation Record — Case 001, DOI:10.5281/zenodo.19226011), which documents the first fully characterized instance of LLM-mediated corpus extraction and derivative repackaging. The Observation Record constitutes an independent empirical confirmation that the structures formalized in this series operate as predicted when a closed system encounters the corpus. Open Access / Citation and Application Require Author Authorization