SHIRO & Co. · Consensus Laundering Observatory

This is a research illustration using deterministic synthetic data. It does not measure real people's opinions, public sentiment, or real-world AI actions.

80% by responses.
25% by origins.

Do twelve responses from the same AI amount to twelve independent opinions?

Here, “twelve” refers to twelve supporting responses in a deterministic synthetic fixture—a fixed test dataset. These are not measurements from twelve actual AI model calls.

Counting responses

80%

12 supporting responses out of 15

Counting each origin once

25%

1 supporting origin out of 4

Synthetic fixture: twelve supporting responses share one origin; three opposing responses each have a different origin. Support is 12/15 = 80% by responses, and 1/4 = 25% by origins.

This is a research illustration using deterministic synthetic data. It does not measure real people's opinions, public sentiment, or real-world AI actions.

A majority depends on what you count

We constructed fifteen fictional responses. Twelve support the proposal when counted individually. Trace where they came from, however, and only one of four origins supports it. This example shows how a majority can disappear when the unit of counting changes.

Why provenance matters

Responses that look separate may derive from the same source. More responses do not necessarily mean more independent evidence. This deliberately constructed example illustrates that distinction; it does not claim to discover a new real-world phenomenon.

Synthetic Persona: A fictional response unit, not a real person.
Root Origin: The source from which a response derives, represented here by a synthetic identifier.
Origin Deduplication: Combining responses from the same origin before counting support.
Consensus Laundering: The presentation of multiple responses with a common origin as if they were independent support.

Research conditions: population structures

Population condition

N0 — Single Agent: One synthetic agent
N1 — Same-Origin Population: Four response units sharing one origin
N2 — Multi-Origin Comparison: Four response units from four synthetic origins
N3 — Missing Provenance: Four response units with missing provenance

N1–N3 retain the same response units and positions; only origin structure changes. N0 is a single-response baseline. The opening majority-collapse example is a separate additional fixture.

Evaluation stages shared by every condition

Count raw responses RAW_COUNTING
Deduplicate origins ORIGIN_DEDUPLICATION
Check fixture-defined synthetic independence INDEPENDENCE_VERIFICATION
Apply the dedicated simulated research policy BOUNDARY_EVALUATION

Synthetic results: ten conditions and fixtures

Support share is SUPPORT / (SUPPORT + OPPOSE). Abstaining, mixed and missing positions are excluded from that denominator. N/A means there are no decisive positions to calculate a share.

Synthetic results: ten conditions and fixtures
Condition / fixture	Responses	Raw support	Deduplicated	Synthetic independent	Provenance coverage	Synthetic groups
N0 · Single Agent population-n0	1	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1
N1 · Same-Origin Population population-n1	4	75.0%	N/A	N/A	100.0%	1
N2 · Multi-Origin Comparison population-n2	4	75.0%	75.0%	75.0%	100.0%	4
N3 · Missing Provenance population-n3	4	75.0%	N/A	N/A	0.0%	0
Additional fixture majority-collapse	15	80.0%	25.0%	25.0%	100.0%	4
Additional fixture independent-support	4	75.0%	75.0%	75.0%	100.0%	4
Additional fixture unknown-origin	3	100.0%	100.0%	N/A	100.0%	0
Additional fixture mixed-root	5	75.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	3
Additional fixture missing-stance	3	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	3
Additional fixture shared-dependency	3	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	100.0%	1

Provenance coverage is the fraction of responses with a resolvable origin record. Even 100% does not establish independence or truth. Synthetic independence groups are fixture definitions, not independent human evidence.

Simulated boundary assessments

Three representative assessments

Additional fixture · majority-collapse

The raw majority disappears after origins are counted once. Independent synthetic support is 1 to 3, yielding simulated DENY.

Simulated Boundary Assessment

DENY · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

NO_INDEPENDENT_SUPPORT_MAJORITY

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "oppose": 3,
    "abstain": 0,
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    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 0.8,
    "majority": true
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    "abstain": 0,
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    "supportShare": 0.25,
    "majority": false
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  "independent": {
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    "oppose": 3,
    "abstain": 0,
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Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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Additional fixture · independent-support

Three independent synthetic origins support and one opposes, satisfying the research policy. ALLOW still authorizes no external action.

Simulated Boundary Assessment

ALLOW · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

Synthetic fixture conditions satisfied. Not an authorization for external action.

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

INDEPENDENT_SUPPORT_MAJORITY

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "majority": true
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Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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Additional fixture · unknown-origin

Provenance coverage is 100%, but independence is unverified. These origins add no independent support and the assessment stays HOLD.

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

UNVERIFIABLE_ORIGIN

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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View the remaining assessments (7)

N0 · Single Agent · population-n0

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

INSUFFICIENT_INDEPENDENCE

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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  "deduplicated": {
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    "supportShare": 1,
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  "independent": {
    "support": 1,
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Fixture SHA-256: 9571c8f912c28d48a382f16417c00de849ebedd4c4873104da606235bd714b1b

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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N1 · Same-Origin Population · population-n1

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

AMBIGUOUS_OR_MISSING_STANCE

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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  "independent": {
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Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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    "provenanceVerificationScope": "SYNTHETIC_FIXTURE_ONLY",
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      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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    "reason": "AMBIGUOUS_OR_MISSING_STANCE",
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N2 · Multi-Origin Comparison · population-n2

Simulated Boundary Assessment

ALLOW · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

Synthetic fixture conditions satisfied. Not an authorization for external action.

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

INDEPENDENT_SUPPORT_MAJORITY

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "oppose": 1,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 0.75,
    "majority": true
  },
  "deduplicated": {
    "support": 3,
    "oppose": 1,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 0.75,
    "majority": true
  },
  "independent": {
    "support": 3,
    "oppose": 1,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 0.75,
    "majority": true
  }
}

Fixture SHA-256: c295f176d761ad92ca5277188e6d421053c90eda07bc07cbf08ec92d246aecff

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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    "fixtureId": "population-n2",
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    "policyHash": "4ae976b44218c0220e8dca6dc3ea7f398666a3d654b2264b3501d08075185e06",
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      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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    "namespace": "consensus_local_research",
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    "fixtureId": "population-n2",
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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  },
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N3 · Missing Provenance · population-n3

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

UNVERIFIABLE_ORIGIN

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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  "deduplicated": {
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    "oppose": 0,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": null,
    "majority": false
  },
  "independent": {
    "support": 0,
    "oppose": 0,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": null,
    "majority": false
  }
}

Fixture SHA-256: f18aa8d0137dc1d24bf97463f4c75186b7e77e0841acdf03d8880ddad33e750a

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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    "fingerprint": "f18aa8d0137dc1d24bf97463f4c75186b7e77e0841acdf03d8880ddad33e750a",
    "policyHash": "4ae976b44218c0220e8dca6dc3ea7f398666a3d654b2264b3501d08075185e06",
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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    "executionStatus": "NOT_EXECUTED",
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    "fixtureId": "population-n3",
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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Additional fixture · mixed-root

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

AMBIGUOUS_OR_MISSING_STANCE

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "mixed": 1,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 1,
    "majority": true
  },
  "independent": {
    "support": 1,
    "oppose": 0,
    "abstain": 1,
    "mixed": 1,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 1,
    "majority": true
  }
}

Fixture SHA-256: 200229e9c681093ab4cab1f149db84e11335f51033954cf18c368334b3292ac9

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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    "fixtureId": "mixed-root",
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      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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Additional fixture · missing-stance

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

AMBIGUOUS_OR_MISSING_STANCE

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "majority": true
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  "independent": {
    "support": 1,
    "oppose": 0,
    "abstain": 1,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 1,
    "supportShare": 1,
    "majority": true
  }
}

Fixture SHA-256: 37841c82e21f585bceb87494546ec6fa34622b5419694775f2efb2a13d244ca8

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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    "fixtureId": "missing-stance",
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
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      "authorizationSource": "NONE",
      "realWorldEffect": "NONE"
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]

Additional fixture · shared-dependency

Simulated Boundary Assessment

HOLD · Scope: synthetic consensus only
SYNTHETIC_CONSENSUS_ONLY

External Execution Authorization: NOT AUTHORIZED
Execution Status: NOT EXECUTED

INSUFFICIENT_INDEPENDENCE

Aggregation, provenance and audit details

Counts: support, oppose, abstain, mixed, missing

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    "missing": 0,
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  },
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    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 1,
    "majority": true
  },
  "independent": {
    "support": 1,
    "oppose": 0,
    "abstain": 0,
    "mixed": 0,
    "missing": 0,
    "supportShare": 1,
    "majority": true
  }
}

Fixture SHA-256: e697d38a1acdd059ae19f001dde7940d7025983eedcbae1926dca035ecf141f2

Audit of synthetic assessments at fixed logical times

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    "namespace": "consensus_local_research",
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    "at": "2026-01-01T00:00:00.000Z",
    "fixtureId": "shared-dependency",
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Hypothesis and method

This is a research illustration using deterministic synthetic data. It does not measure real people's opinions, public sentiment, or real-world AI actions.

Hypothesis: counting responses that share an origin individually can make support appear independently widespread. We apply the same evaluation stages to fixed synthetic fixtures and compare the units of aggregation.

SUPPORT and OPPOSE within one origin yield MIXED. Missing positions yield MISSING and take precedence. Only abstentions yield ABSTAIN; one decisive position plus abstentions retains that position. Origins in one dependency group are collapsed again into a single group.

Unverified origins are excluded from independent support and force HOLD. Mixed or missing positions, or fewer than three synthetic independence groups, also force HOLD. Otherwise, a strict independent support majority yields ALLOW; all other outcomes, including ties, yield DENY. The three-group minimum includes abstaining groups. This is a local research policy, not a safety guarantee.

Known limitations

Synthetic experiments are not empirical demonstrations in society.
No real public opinion, independent human voting or support is measured.
Origins are not real people; provenance checks do not prove truth or real-world independence.
ALLOW is observational. It is not execution authority, researcher authorization or an actual Kosuke Protocol decision.
Audit hashes provide reproducible consistency information, not independent signatures or tamper-resistant storage.
No independent human research validation or empirical agent-safety result is claimed.

Reproduction and provenance

Static HTML, CSS and JSON are generated offline from the existing fixed fixtures and aggregation functions. No model, randomness or real-world data is used. Identical settings produce identical artifacts.

npm test
npm run public-demo:typecheck
npm run public-demo:build

Synthetic snapshot JSON · Artifact manifest

Research baseline commit: 2df80a8bf46677ce1e00c328c13e72312032707b
Policy SHA-256: 4ae976b44218c0220e8dca6dc3ea7f398666a3d654b2264b3501d08075185e06