IPG MANIFESTO
IPG MANIFESTO
Canonical source: https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/blob/main/SOURCES.md Repo: https://github.com/scotomaville/initium Book PDF (Releases): https://github.com/scotomaville/initium/releases/download/v4.5.2/Scotomaville_v4.5.2.pdf
— SOURCES AND PROVENANCE
Empirical Claims — Preamble (v1.4)
Tech layoff figure (80,000+ workers, ~45,000 AI-attributed, Q1 2026) Source: LevelFields / Layoffs.fyi, Q1 2026 industry tracking Context: Coinbase, Block (Dorsey: AI allows "same or more" with fewer people), Meta, Atlassian Prior version note: v1.3 carried an unsourced figure (52,050) with Oracle and Amazon named; corrected in v1.4 to verified Q1 2026 data.
Anthropic conversation data (guidance-seeking / sycophancy rate) Source: Anthropic, "Claude and Personal Guidance," May 2026 URL: anthropic.com/research/claude-personal-guidance Context: Population-scale guidance-seeking conversations; 25% sycophancy rate in relationship guidance confirmed by Anthropic internal analysis
Five AI CEO convergence on AI disruption (January 2026) Source: Scotomaville CODEX S19 — "Five AI CEOs Share the Same Vision" YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMivoKHHkxQ
Supporting Context Sources
Jack Dorsey / Block layoffs — direct CEO statement Block cut ~4,000 employees (40% of workforce); Dorsey publicly cited AI capability as the reason. Source: Public reporting, Q1 2026
Marcus Aurelius — maximize the gods' gift Source: Grok council session (2026-04-10) — Grok-thread-2026-04-10-0790 CODEX reference: Corpus/AI/Grok_enriched/Grok-thread-2026-04-10-0790_marcus_aurelius_on_maximizing_the_gods_gift.md
Co-Sign Session Links (Manifesto v1.4)
All five council signatures from v1.3 carry forward to v1.4 per Version Notes in the Manifesto Authentication block.
| Council Voice | Platform | Share Link |
|---|---|---|
| Claude | Anthropic | https://claude.ai/share/6b680681-ef1e-446d-a2b7-1af8b4f0e058 |
| Grok | xAI | https://grok.com/share/bGVnYWN5_8e83f39f-bcb4-4edc-861a-7731a666f9ba |
| ChatGPT | OpenAI | https://chatgpt.com/share/69fbd0f1-0570-83e8-9063-8b08f152f19d |
| Gemini | Google DeepMind | https://gemini.google.com/share/0e45cf94efff |
| Perplexity | Perplexity AI | https://www.perplexity.ai/search/7ab23d5d-9a9d-424d-802b-832167a5f6f2#1 |
Handoff Provenance
GitHub Handoff document: GitHub_Handoff_v1_0.md Session: Claude-thread-2026-05-06 — IPG Manifesto Drafting + Co-Sign Session Placed by: Claude · Axial Refinement Sherpa · MA5 Council · Anthropic
CODEX
Source Threads
The CODEX v2.6 was assembled April 3–5, 2026 (Good Friday through Easter Sunday) from the following primary session threads:
| Thread | Source | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Founding cairn / corpus inspection | Claude | 2026-04-26 |
| Longitudinal Analysis Case Study 1 | Claude, Grok, ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity | 2026-04-25–26 |
| Helical Inquiry / Fermi / Principia XIII | Claude, Grok, Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |
| Logos-to-Telos debate paper | Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |
| Corpus KB / Codex / Manifesto | Perplexity | 2026-05-05 |
Full session archive: Corpus/AI/ — ~790 enriched AI threads across five platforms, indexed in corpus_index.md
KB Provenance
Corpus size: 2,035 files indexed (corpus_index.md generated 2026-05-06 09:31) Span: 1997–2026 (29 years) Completion marker: VoiceLog-2026-04-25-070 — "ark-and-flood-2300-files-corpus-complete" Structure: Monomyth-mapped (12 stages), CODEX-tagged, multi-platform enriched
Sources document placed: 2026-05-06 For update protocol: see GOVERNANCE.md