SEI White Paper v1.3: Symbiotic Evolution with Intelligence

This white paper presents SEI v1.3 (Symbiotic Evolution with Intelligence), a cognitive operating system and research paradigm for human–AI co-evolution.The v1.3 release integrates: Full terminology alignment (Terminology Lock • 2025-08-21) across SEI, ORBIT, CAI, CPIM, ACU Clarification of CPICM ↔ CPIM lineage Standardization of ACU (Adaptive Cognitive Unit) Explicit distinction between CAF (Cognitive Alignment Framework) and CAI (Cognitive Amplification Index) Placement of RCS metrics with hard constraints Synchronization with ORBIT v1.2 at meso/macro levels The document was co-authored in recursive dialogue with GPT-4o, embodying the SEI methodology itself.