Brummel 82d42f1b6b docs(design): mark project RETIRED (paused) at the ledger spine
Owner decision, 2026-06-03: pause AILang. Status banner at the top of
design/INDEX.md (the sole addressable spine), so any reader — human or
agent — sees the state before the framing.

The differentiating thesis (a language purpose-built for LLM authorship
makes LLM authors measurably more correct) did not find support in the
project's own cross-model measurements
(experiments/2026-05-12-cross-model-authoring/format-findings.md):

- the optimal surface is model-relative — depth-annotated parens help a
  3B-active model (6/8 -> 7/8) but HURT a frontier model (7/8 -> 6/8,
  Llama-3.1-405B hallucinates structure it does not need);
- a compiler-in-the-loop is not an equaliser — agentic Qwen collapses
  into generation repetition before a single valid tree exists, so the
  oracle never engages;
- for a frontier author, AILang is at best neutral vs. a familiar
  language given a scan-plus-iterate workflow, not an edge.

The hallucination-robustness pillar (content-addressed symbols) was
separately falsified and removed (#66).

What survives, and why this is a pause not a deletion: the language is a
sound small ML/effect design, and the measurement harness is the most
durable output. main HEAD, git history, and the design ledger are
untouched; reversible if a new framing makes the remaining work
worthwhile.
2026-06-03 11:29:20 +02:00
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