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A framework for auditing grounding claims
arXiv:2512.06205v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The symbol grounding problem asks how a token such as cat can be about cats. We propose a framework for auditing grounding claims against a declared
arXiv:2512.06205v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The symbol grounding problem asks how a token such as cat can be about cats. We propose a framework for auditing grounding claims against a declared semantic standard. The audit reports measurements and evidence, with overall verdicts conditional on explicit acceptance criteria. Its profiles assess accuracy, robustness, and composition alongside evidence about how the system acquired its mechanisms, how they contribute to performance, and why they were retained. In a toy gridworld, an agent interprets individual symbols accurately but fails a withheld combination. Composing its interpretations by the declared rule would succeed. This comparison identifies a departure from the composition rule within the observed failure. Both this audit and a pilot on pretrained word vectors provide evidence that a designated mechanism contributes to present performance. Whether that contribution explains its retention remains uncertified. The framework evaluates the evidence for grounding claims; candidate accounts remain responsible for explaining how meaning emerges.
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Source: arXiv cs.AI | 2026-10-02