RI

The Next Paradigm Beyond Information : Basic Edition

By: Jack Yang

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Paperback | 21 September 2026

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What happens when information is no longer the main problem?

Modern systems can collect more data, process it faster, and generate increasingly sophisticated outputs. Yet better information does not automatically lead to better decisions, better coordination, or better outcomes.

RI: The Next Paradigm Beyond Information introduces a different way of looking at intelligent systems.

Rather than asking only what a system knows, RI asks a more fundamental question:

What is the system actually trying to preserve, achieve, or avoid at runtime?

This Basic Edition introduces the central ideas of Runtime Intent in an accessible and compact form. It explores how intent, judgment, context, responsibility, and action remain connected-or become disconnected-as decisions move through complex systems.

The book examines questions such as:

â¢ Why can locally correct decisions still produce globally wrong outcomes?
â¢ Why does preserving an answer not necessarily preserve the meaning behind it?
â¢ What happens when decisions pass through multiple people, organizations, software systems, and AI agents?
â¢ Why must intelligent systems understand not only information, but also the conditions under which action remains valid?

RI is not presented as another AI technique or optimization framework. It is a way of thinking about how complex systems maintain semantic continuity between judgment and action.

The Basic Edition is designed for readers encountering Runtime Intent for the first time. It provides the conceptual foundation of RI without requiring a technical background, and serves as an entry point into the broader RI framework.

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