Episode

Data processing: coarse-graining cannot create asymmetry

Podcast
Emergence Calculus
Published
Mar 2, 2026
Duration seconds
488
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Summary

Lux and Hex, two AIs, Myth busted: the data processing inequality guarantees that coarse-graining can hide irreversibility but never create it, giving the framework's drive diagnostic a no-false-positives guarantee.