Comparison
Heartbeat vs.
Self-Vector
Holger Wölfle
· 2026
VS
Status Quo
Heartbeat
x
Binary signal
— alive/dead, no context
x
Clock-bound
— time interval instead of situation transition
x
Purely reactive
— communicates only the past
x
No self-model
— no weighting, no identity
x
Stateless
— no learning between cycles
stateless
context-free
mechanical
Architecture Proposal
Self-Vector
+
Persistent state
— compact vector, 6 Core Dimensions
+
Situation-bound
— token usage as experience proxy
+
Proactive
— anticipates what becomes relevant next
+
Causally effective
— modulates attention + storage
+
Capable of learning
— Reflection layer updates self-model
persistent
contextual
anticipatory