Lean formalization of agent foundations papers catches an error in Logical Induction
jessi_cata · x · 2026-09-06
A new GitHub repo, Formalized-Agent-Foundation, systematically autoformalizes key papers in agent foundations and theoretical alignment in Lean 4 — covering Logical Induction, Cartesian Frames, Finite Factored Sets, Modal Agents, Condensation, Provability Logic, Shannon Information and more, with 1,000 commits and CI tests. Notably, a co-author of the original Logical Induction paper confirmed that the formalization caught an error in the paper (closure under finite perturbations), though a modified statement still holds. A rare case of machine-checked proofs feeding back into and correcting widely cited alignment theory literature.
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