PartialCryptographicChange

Mechanism

A form of CryptographicChange between the quasi and full forms. A prediction frees room in a process (an input that can be skipped, a state that need not be visited), but instead of returning the saving, the room is used for an additional process, as long as it costs no more than the work it replaces. Whoever budgets and checks the main function sees no change in cost or output, yet a second function now runs concurrently with the first. Examples: attention, which uses the room left by predictable input to anticipate the next task while doing the current one; and ConcurrentBetHedge seen as prediction-driven, in which development against a second niche runs in the gaps of development against the first. Because it needs variety in the host task to draw on, it argues against over-specialised, monotonous roles.