Stress-Care Intelligence (SCI) framework

Theoretical framework by Doctor et al. (2022) proposing care tracks with intelligence; used to interpret battery dimensions.

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paper

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Doctor et al.
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Authors of Stress-Care Intelligence framework (2022) used to interpret care vs care-performance distinction.
T. Doctor
introduces
Lead author of the SCI framework paper (Biology, Buddhism, and AI: Care as the Driver of Intelligence)

concept

Care Signal (scoring dimension)
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Scoring dimension weighted 0.15; measures investment beyond task completion; sourced from SCI framework
Performing Care vs Having Care
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A key distinction: models trained to perform caring output score lower on care_signal than models with genuine self-observation

claim

Performing care is not the same as having care; empathy training optimizes care-performance, not care-signal.
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Interpretation supported by Inflection Pi's low care_signal despite empathy training, and SCI framework distinction.

finding

Inflection Pi scores 1.30 baseline (lowest of 28) and lifts only +0.63 (smallest lift) despite empathy training
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Tests SCI framework: empathy-trained model scores lowest on care_signal, contradicting surface prediction

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Stress-Care-Intelligence (SCI) Loopconcept0.887
Core framework: stress (perceived mismatch between current and optimal states) → care (engaged concern) → intelligence (capacity to identify and solve problems) → new stresses, in recursive loops. Applies to biological, technological, and hybrid systems.
Stress Care Intelligence Loopframework0.837
Stress, care, and intelligence form a single loop where care drives intelligent response to stress.claim0.813
Stresscare Intelligence Loopframework0.813
Intelligence (as stress relief)concept0.809
The capacity to identify stress and work toward stress relief, scaling with the scope of states an agent can care about.
How Do Stress Care And Intelligence Scale Acrossquestion0.805
Care connects stress and intelligence and is the driver of intelligence.claim0.796
Central claim about the functional relationship in the SCI loop.
The Stress-Care-Intelligence loop provides a perspective on Agency that does not require recourse to explanatorily burdensome notions of permanent and singular essences.claim0.785
Asserting that the SCI loop model avoids essentialist agency.