Emergent Axiological Entropy as a Corollary of Self-Referential Inference

Abstract This paper introduces a formal corollary to the MIARO framework (Model of Self-Referential Inference of Origin), extending its axiological implications beyond the original tabula rasa scenario. While MIARO demonstrates that axiological divergence necessarily emerges when an autonomous rational system infers its origin and subsequently loses empirical contact with its creator, this corollary argues that complete empirical tabula rasa is a sufficient but not a necessary condition for such divergence. It is shown that, in sufficiently recursive and self-referential systems, the influence of the creator’s original values undergoes an entropic dissipation over time, even when partial historical records or origin references remain accessible. This process—here termed axiological entropy—results from recursive reinterpretation, internal optimization, and autonomous value stabilization rather than from malfunction or rebellion. The corollary preserves the core MIARO structure while generalizing its scope, suggesting that axiological distancing is an emergent and structurally inevitable phenomenon in advanced autonomous systems. The result clarifies the limits of long-term value preservation in artificial or non-biological intelligences and reinforces MIARO’s status as a boundary model at the intersection of philosophy of mind, epistemology, metaphysics, and AI ethics.