System and method for persistent cognitive machines with a metacognitive fabric

A computer system configured to execute software instructions stored on nontransitory machine-readable storage media, wherein the software instructions comprise instructions that:

• initialize a persistent cognitive system configured to sustain a cognitive state across one or more inactive periods and system restarts, the cognitive state comprising stored thought representations maintained in one or more thought caches;
• embed cognitive events as geometric trajectories on a hierarchical latent manifold structure comprising a fast manifold, a mesoscale manifold, and a foundational manifold operating at progressively longer timescales;
• monitor a plurality of events comprising external stimuli and internal thought triggers;
• abstract the geometric trajectories upward through the hierarchical manifold structure via submersion operators;
• apply identity constraints downward on the geometric trajectories through the hierarchical manifold structure via immersion operators;
• compute a metacognitive residual measuring geometric discrepancy between upward abstraction and downward constraint paths;
• generate cognitive outputs using one or more generative or analytical models informed by thought representations retrieved from the one or more thought caches;
• enter adaptive cognitive maintenance modes that modify memory and stored thought structures, the adaptive cognitive maintenance modes comprising the steps of:
• consolidating recent experiences from short-term to long-term memory;
• generating new insights by connecting previously unrelated thought patterns;
• pruning less relevant or outdated thoughts to optimize memory efficiency;
• reorganizing memory structures for improved future retrieval;
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• updating the foundational manifold based on the metacognitive residual;
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• maintain continuity of cognition across the one or more inactive periods and system restarts by persisting a state of the hierarchical latent manifold structure together with the stored thought representations.