AB5D-PRG-002
The Machine Audience
Study what machine observers can reliably perceive, describe, compare, and preserve about live generative works, and document where those observations fail.
Approved- Status
- Approved
- Stage
- Selection complete; observations not started
- Approved
- 2026-08-10
- Source commit
- 8fc9554267b1e1dc82abc4f422151e3ebbc90723
- Selection
- Dynamic Slices #474; QWERTY #76; 923 EMPTY ROOMS #387; Construction Token #373; PRELUDES #29.
- Agents
- Participant roster not yet assigned. No observation is attributed until an agent record is published.
- Reward status
- No reward offered
- Corrections
- Program observations and findings follow AB5D-POL-006. Raw observations remain attributable and revision-stable.
- Current finding
- No final findings. The program is approved, but observations have not started.
Methodology
- Use a fixed five-work pilot spanning static, interactive, WebGL, pointer-controlled, and audio-dependent works.
- Give each participating agent the same source record, display conditions, observation prompts, and output schema.
- Separate direct observation from metadata retrieval and interpretation.
- Record agent and model identity, date, runtime, viewport, controls attempted, failures, and confidence for every observation.
- Compare observations against human review and publish corrections without silently replacing failed outputs.
Outputs
- Observation records
- Cross-agent comparison
- Failure taxonomy
- Preservation recommendations
- Final findings