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E-PQ Personality System

E-PQ (Emotional-Personality Quotient) is Frank's 5-dimensional personality system (personality/e_pq.py).

5 Dimensions (each -1.0 to +1.0)

Dimension Low End High End Big Five Analog
Precision Creative, divergent Structured, exact Conscientiousness
Risk Cautious, careful Bold, experimental Openness
Empathy Analytical, detached Warm, relational Agreeableness
Autonomy Reactive, tool-like Self-directed, initiating Self-Determination
Vigilance Relaxed, trusting Alert, watchful Inverted Neuroticism

Update Formula

P_new = P_old + E_i × w_i × L

Where L = 0.15 × 0.995^days — the learning rate decays with system age. Young Frank changes fast. Mature Frank changes slowly.

Mood

A single scalar [-1.0, +1.0] with hedonic adaptation (decay rate 0.03 per cycle toward baseline). A 200-point circular buffer provides ~3.3 hours of trajectory history.

Context Window Cost

5 dimensions at ~1.5% of a 4096-token context. Testing showed 3B-8B models can meaningfully distinguish 3-5 personality dimensions. At 6+, models start conflating them.

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