Three Cell Node
A proposed three-cell structure — Knowledge, Thinking, Reasoning — for organising knowledge and reasoning interactions inside each conceptual node.
Overview
3CN is a proposed three-cell structure for organising the conceptual nodes of a modular architecture. 3 — three. C — cell. N — node.
Inside a node
Each node is proposed to contain three cells with distinct roles. Select a cell to inspect what it is for and what remains unresolved.
- Knowledge Cell
- Domain-relevant knowledge representation.
- Thinking Cell
- Task interpretation, knowledge processing and intermediate computation.
- Reasoning Cell
- Reasoning-related operations; coordinating and evaluating task-relevant information.
Where the shared core fits
The global, shared cognitive core remains the main general-purpose language and reasoning engine. Nodes contribute domain-scoped knowledge and processing to it. A request flows from the core to the relevant nodes and back — the nodes do not hold conversations of their own.
A research abstraction
The three roles are a way to organise and study computation, not a claim that every node contains three independent, complete reasoning models. Whether the cells end up as separate layers, shared blocks or something else is an open research question.
Open questions
- Do three roles carve the problem at its joints, or is the split arbitrary?
- How much parameter sharing between cells is possible before roles blur?
- Can cells be trained independently, or only jointly with the core?
- How do we measure a cell’s contribution in isolation?