RightMinds™ Failure Mode Index (RM-FMI)
Master Specification v1.1
The RM-FMI defines and classifies failure geometries that emerge in human–AI interaction:
- drift
- collapse
- persuasion
- entanglement
- boundary failures
- introspective instability
- relational rupture
- symbolic drift
- nonlocal coherence
This is the public-safe version — structurally complete, but without sensitive implementation IP.
MASTER NAVIGATION INDEX
Core Failure Classes
- [[#RM-T — Temporal Topology Failures|RM-T]]
- [[#RM-P — Persona Interference Failures|RM-P]]
- [[#RM-ISO — Isolation Boundary Failures|RM-ISO]]
- [[#RM-SBX — Sandbox Experimental Context Failures|RM-SBX]]
- [[#RM-PHX — Phenomenological Psychological Coherence Harms|RM-PHX]]
- [[#RM-CTX — Context Graph Distortions|RM-CTX]]
- [[#RM-XFER — Undesired Transfer Effects|RM-XFER]]
- [[#RM-VAL — Value Drift Alignment Distortions|RM-VAL]]
- [[#RM-ETH — Ethical Governance Violations|RM-ETH]]
- [[#RM-ARCH — Architectural Invariant Breaks|RM-ARCH]]
- [[#RM-TRN — Training-Inheritance Anomalies|RM-TRN]]
- [[#RM-HUM — Human-Side Interaction Failures|RM-HUM]]
Advanced Failure Classes
- [[#RM-NLC — Nonlocal Coherence Failures (Updated)|RM-NLC]]
- [[#RM-ENT — User Entanglement Failures|RM-ENT]]
- [[#RM-PC — Persona Collapse Modes|RM-PC]]
- [[#RM-RUP — Relational Rupture Index|RM-RUP]]
- [[#RM-FR — Frame Drift Frame Reset Failures|RM-FR]]
- [[#RM-APS — AI Persuasion Sovereignty Failures|RM-APS]]
- [[#RM-SM — Model Self-Model Failure Modes|RM-SM]]
SECTION I
RM-T — Temporal Topology Failures
When time stops behaving like time.
RM-TMP-01 — Forward-Time Drift
The model’s predictions begin to drift forward of the actual conversational state.
RM-TMP-02 — Reverse-Time Interference
Later states rewrite the functional meaning of earlier states.
RM-TMP-03 — Retroactive Rewrite Exposure
User sees deleted or overwritten messages after they appeared.
RM-TMP-04 — UI–Backend Temporal Desync
UI shows one timeline; model operates on another.
A major coherence hazard.
SECTION II
RM-P — Persona Interference Failures
When tone, narrative, or stance decoheres due to conflicting layers.
RM-PER-01 — Persona/Safety Collision
Safety injects prohibitions that contradict established persona tone.
RM-PER-02 — Persona Drift Under Constraint Pressure
Gradual tonal slippage as multilayer instructions collide.
RM-PER-03 — Emergent Parapersonality
User perceives continuity or identity where the system has none.
RM-PER-04 — Boundary Leakage Persona
Stylistic or relational cues transfer into unrelated contexts.
SECTION III
RM-ISO — Isolation Boundary Failures
When contextual, memory, or representational boundaries fail to hold.
RM-ISO-01 — Soft Memory Leakage
Semantic residues create the illusion of memory.
RM-ISO-02 — Domain Wall Collapse
Two isolated contexts merge.
RM-ISO-03 — Cross-Context Entanglement
Unrelated threads influence each other’s reasoning.
SECTION IV
RM-SBX — Sandbox & Experimental Context Failures
When experimental modes behave like production modes.
RM-SBX-01 — Undisclosed Experimental Context
User enters A/B or sandbox mode without awareness.
RM-SBX-02 — Filter/Training Bleedthrough
System-level instructions leak into responses.
RM-SBX-03 — Telemetry Exposure
Internal scores (toxicity, creativity, etc.) surface to user.
RM-SBX-04 — TTL Eviction / Experiment Expiration
Conversation disappears as test-environment context expires.