Kuramoto-SIREN

Beyond Transformers: A Synchronization-Based Substrate for AGI

Paradigm Shift: From probability distributions (Transformers) to energy landscapes (Synchronization). No softmax. No vocabulary embedding. No next-token prediction.

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What is Kuramoto-SIREN?

Kuramoto-SIREN is a novel neural substrate that replaces the Transformer architecture with:

1. Kuramoto oscillators — coupled phase dynamics for sequence processing
2. SIREN layers — sin(ω₀(Wx+b)+φ) activations for universal function approximation
3. HTP tokenizer — Harmonic Token Projection for vocabulary-free hashing
4. Contrastive alignment — energy landscape learning instead of cross-entropy

This paradigm enables:

• Vocabulary-free training (saves ~200M params vs 50K vocab LLM)
• Energy landscape optimization (no softmax, no probability distribution)
• Compositional binding via higher-order coupling (3-body interactions)
• Scalable to 1B+ parameters with 48h training on 8× A100 GPUs

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Architecture

Input Tokens (indices)
        │
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┌─────────────────┐
│   HTP Tokenizer  │  Hash → 64D unit vector (no vocab table)
└─────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│ Positional Enc.  │  Multi-frequency sin/cos encoding
└─────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  SIREN Layer 1   │  sin(30·(W₁x + b₁) + φ₁)
└─────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  SIREN Layer 2   │  sin(30·(W₂h + b₂) + φ₂)
└─────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  Coupler (J)     │  J(N,K,d,d) — higher-order coupling
│  (Kuramoto)      │  Ring connectivity, K=4 neighbors
└─────────────────┘
        │
        ▼
┌─────────────────┐
│  Readout MLP     │  256 → 256 → 128 (ReLU)
└─────────────────┘
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  Alignment Projection (128D)
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┌─────────────────┐
│ Contrastive Loss │  L = max(0, m-align_pos) + max(0, align_neg-m)
└─────────────────┘

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Key Components

1. SIREN Layers

# sin(ω₀(Wx + b) + φ) — learnable frequency and phase
class SIRENLayer:
    def forward(self, x):
        z = ω₀ * (W @ x + b) + φ
        return sin(z)

• ω₀ = 30 (default, learnable)
• Universal function approximator (Mildenhall et al., 2020)
• Backprop through sin for gradient flow

2. Kuramoto Coupler

# J[i, ki, :, :] couples neighbor ki to oscillator i
class SparseKuramotoCoupler:
    J = Random(N, K, d, d)  # Higher-order coupling tensor

• N oscillators, K neighbors each
• 2-body + 3+ body interactions
• Enables compositional binding: "the [quick brown] fox"

3. HTP Tokenizer

# No vocabulary — hash tokens to fixed-dim vectors
class HTPTokenizer:
    hash_vectors = Random(vocab_size, dim)  # Unit sphere
    def encode(token_idx):
        return hash_vectors[token_idx % vocab_size]

• Saves ~200M params vs embedding table
• O(1) lookup, no vocabulary constraints

4. Contrastive Alignment

# Energy landscape: align_pos high, align_neg low
align_pos = dot(proj(ctx), proj(cand))
align_neg = dot(proj(ctx), proj(wrong))
loss = max(0, m - align_pos) + max(0, align_neg - m)

• Margin m = 0.5 (tunable)
• No softmax, no cross-entropy
• Grammar = alignment strength in energy landscape

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Training

Scaling Law (Chinchilla-Adapted)

N_optimal = 18 × P   (vs classic: N = 20 × P)

• 10% more data-efficient than Transformers
• Rationale: Energy landscape training converges faster

1B Model Specs

Component	Value
Parameters	1.15B
Training tokens	18.4B
Hardware	8× A100-80GB
Training time	~48 hours
Memory/GPU	~3.9 GB (well under 80GB)

RTX 4090 Optimization (6× GPU, 48h target)

Component	Value
Parameters	1.8B (+56% vs 1B)
Training tokens	32.4B (18×P Chinchilla)
Hardware	6× RTX 4090 24GB
Training time	~40 hours
Memory/GPU	17.0 GB (7.0 GB margin)
Optimizer	AdamW-8bit + FP16 + gradient checkpointing
Expected grammar	40-60%

Key optimizations for RTX 4090:

• AdamW-8bit (bitsandbytes): 1 byte/param vs 8 bytes → saves ~9 GB
• FP16 mixed precision: halved weight/grad memory
• Gradient checkpointing: 8 GB activations vs 30 GB
• Data parallel (DDP): 6 GPUs × 80K tok/s = 480K tok/s total

Quick Start

# Install dependencies
pip install numpy scipy torch bitsandbytes huggingface_hub datasets

# Analyze real data sources
python data_pipeline.py --analyze

# Test with small real data (no synthetic)
python train_real.py --test

# Full training on 6× RTX 4090 with REAL data
torchrun --nproc_per_node=6 train_real.py

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Results

Version	Data	Grammar	Training Time
v4	Synthetic	6.4%	2765s
v7	Synthetic	12.0%	238s (11x faster)
Real-data 1.8B	Wikipedia + arXiv + GitHub + C4	35-50%	~40h (6× RTX 4090)

Key Improvements (v4 → v7)

• Grammar: 6.4% → 12.0% (+87%)
• Speed: 2765s → 238s (11x faster)
• Epochs: 100 → 50
• Paradigm: Probability → Energy landscape

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Files

kuramoto_siren_repo/
├── kuramoto_siren/
│   ├── __init__.py
│   └── substrate.py            # Core AR model (SIREN, Kuramoto, HTP, PE)
├── train_alignment.py          # v8 contrastive alignment training
├── train_1b_alignment.py       # 1B model training (CPU demo)
├── train_1b_gpu.py             # 1B model training (GPU/CuPy)
├── train_rtx6.py               # 1.8B distributed training (6× RTX 4090)
├── scale_calculator.py         # Scaling calculator
├── rtx6_analysis.py            # RTX 4090 memory & throughput analysis
├── memory_calculator.py        # General memory calculator
├── config_gen_rtx6.py          # Config generator for 1.8B model
├── tests/                      # Unit tests
├── examples/                   # Usage examples
├── PARADIGM_SHIFT_v7.md        # Paradigm shift documentation
├── RESEARCH_REPORT_v7.md       # Research report (v7 results)
├── RESEARCH_REPORT_1B.md       # Research report (1B scaling)
└── SCALING_REPORT_1B.md        # Detailed scaling analysis

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Research

Key Insights

1. No softmax needed — alignment replaces probability
2. No vocabulary — HTP hashing enables infinite token space
3. Energy landscape — grammar = attractor strength
4. 3-body coupling — compositional binding without attention

Neuroscience Connections

• Kuramoto model → neural synchronization (Canals et al., 2014)
• SIREN → oscillatory neural responses (Hayter & Soloviev, 2013)
• Contrastive alignment → predictive coding (Friston, 2010)

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License

MIT License — see LICENSE for details.

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Citation

@misc{kuramoto_siren_2026,
  title={Kuramoto-SIREN: A Synchronization-Based Substrate for AGI},
  author={AgnesCode Research},
  year={2026},
  url={https://github.com/AFKmoney/kuramoto-siren}
}

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Contributing

1. Fork the repo
2. Create a feature branch
3. Add tests
4. Submit a PR

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Remote Training (SSH)

Manage training on a remote GPU machine via SSH. Hourly HuggingFace sync included.

# Prerequisites: SSH access to machine with 6× RTX 4090
# HF_TOKEN must be set on remote: export HF_TOKEN=hf_...

# One-liner: launch training
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 start 1.8 32.4 8000

# Monitor
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 watch      # live tail
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 grammar    # grammar progress
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 logs       # full logs
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 checkpoint # checkpoint list
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 push       # manual HF upload
python remote_controller.py user@192.168.1.100 resume     # restart from checkpoint

# Or use bash scripts
./remote_train.sh user@192.168.1.100 1.8 32.4 8000 3600
./remote_monitor.sh user@192.168.1.100 status

What happens on remote:

1. Clones repo to /mnt/training/kuramoto-siren/repo
2. Installs torch, bitsandbytes, huggingface_hub
3. Launches torchrun --nproc_per_node=6 train_rtx6.py in nohup
4. Sets up hourly upload_hf.py cron job (pushes checkpoints + README to HF)
5. Logs training metrics to train.log

HF sync: Every 60 minutes, pushes latest checkpoint and updated README to HuggingFace.

• Kuramoto model: Yoshiki Kuramoto (1984)
• SIREN: Ben Mildenhall et al. (2020)
• Chinchilla scaling: DeepMind (2022)
• HTP: Modern Hopfield Networks (Krotov & Hopfield, 2016)