# Synthetic Cortex

> Synthetic Cortex is an external, modular cognitive architecture for large language models. It wraps an existing model with parallel, specialised subsystems — a 13-channel synthetic neurochemical state, threshold gates, layered memory, parallel meaning/emotion manifolds, spiking neural networks, associative (default-mode) processing, self-modelling and metacognition — that decide how the model thinks rather than what it was trained on. It does not feel; it is a mathematical model of what the brain does while feeling. Proprietary research software, Gen 1 in active development.

Key facts:

- Builds in Gen 1: L1 (shipped) — synthesises emotion and triggers processes from emotion weights (tool calling, hidden-context injection). L2 (shipped) — main system for open models; reads weights during inference, uses activation steering and latent-space injection. M1 (shipped, mobile) — designated L1.5; a simplified build with many features removed so the cortex runs locally on a phone. Gen 1 continues; Gen 2 is planned.
- First product: Generation Network (https://generationnetwork.app/, Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=app.generationnetwork), which runs M1 on-device to build a user's "Reflection" (digital copy).
- Pipeline: input streams → relay → affect scoring (valence, arousal, dominance) → Limbic-2 neurochemical engine (13 coupled channels, homeostatic regulator) → threshold gates → parallel layers → Equalia (7 layers) and deep layers (7) → hidden context synthesis → language model → output re-enters as stimulus. Several components are intentionally not published.
- Seven research phases: 1 neurochemical emotional reasoning (completed), 2 dynamic adapters (research), 3 latent space injection (completed), 4 activation-based reasoning (largely complete), 5 implicit relation engineering and manifold geometry (in development), 6 default-mode-network dynamics (in development), 7 cultural resonance (in development).
- Not AGI, not conscious, not open source.

## Pages

- [Overview](https://syntheticcortex.dev/): pipeline summary, effects on associative and emotional intelligence, context windows, creativity and latent knowledge; the Gen 1 family; Generation Network.
- [Architecture](https://syntheticcortex.dev/architecture/): pipeline diagram, comparison with prompting/RAG/fine-tuning, seven phases, Limbic-2, Manifold A and B, implicit relation engineering, activation-as-reasoning, creativity module, cultural relativity, M1 differences.
- [Cortex Atlas](https://syntheticcortex.dev/cortex-atlas/): every M1 module with its brain analogue and expected outcome.
- [Neurochemistry](https://syntheticcortex.dev/neurochemistry/): roles of the 13 channels, public interaction matrix, threshold roles, interactive emotion-frequency lab.
- [Roadmap](https://syntheticcortex.dev/roadmap/): from Limbic v1 to Gen 1 today; research tracks; Gen 2.
- [FAQ](https://syntheticcortex.dev/faq/): plain-language answers.

## Optional

- [Full site text](https://syntheticcortex.dev/llms-full.txt): every page as plain text.
- [Blog](https://generationnetwork.app/blog): essays and updates (hosted on Generation Network).
- [Team](https://generationnetwork.app/org.html)
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