Figure 0 — Layer Stack (Infrastructure → Emergence)

Alt-text: See figs/alt/fig00_layer_stack_alt.md.

Source: Rendered via CI from Mermaid source docs/figs/src/figure0_layer_stack.mmd.

Overview

The foundational architecture diagram showing three layers:

1. Layer 1 (Infrastructure): GCP services (Pub/Sub, Cloud Functions, Firestore, Cloud Tasks)
2. Layer 2 (Observability): TDA analysis (Persistence Diagrams, Mapper Graphs)
3. Layer 3 (Emergence): Consciousness-like properties (Self-reference, Meta-cognition, Adaptive goals)

This figure validates the paper's central thesis: consciousness emerges from properly structured computational substrates through topological observability.

Rendering

mmdc -i docs/figs/src/figure0_layer_stack.mmd \
     -o docs/figs/svg/figure0_layer_stack.svg \
     -w 2400 -H 1600 -b transparent

Whitepaper Reference

This integrates concepts from: - Section 1.1: Topological Data Analysis - Section 2.1: Global Workspace Theory implementation - Part III: Architecture of an Artificial Mind