To Use AI as Dice of Possibilities with Timing Computation

arXiv cs.AI / 5/5/2026

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Key Points

  • The paper argues that dominant noun-based AI modeling limits how systems can represent the future as an open temporal dimension, and proposes a verb-based paradigm instead.
  • It introduces formal definitions of “timing computation” and “possibility,” aiming to let AI act as an instrument for capturing the “grammar of thought.”
  • Using longitudinal EHR data from 3,276 breast cancer patients, the method automatically discovers clinically significant patient trajectories.
  • The framework also performs counterfactual timing deduction, inferring plausible alternative temporal outcomes from the data.
  • The authors emphasize that the approach is purely data-driven, requires no prior domain knowledge, and claims to be among the first demonstrations of these capabilities in machine learning literature.

Abstract

The dominant noun-based modeling paradigm has fundamentally constrained AI development, precluding any adequate representation of the future as an open temporal dimension. This paper introduces a verb-based paradigm, together with precise definitions of \emph{timing computation} and \emph{possibility}, that enables AI to function as an effective instrument for realizing the grammar of our thought. Applied to longitudinal EHR data from 3,276 breast cancer patients, the framework empirically demonstrates: (1) automatic discovery of clinically significant patient trajectories, and (2) counterfactual timing deduction. Both results are purely data-driven, require no prior domain knowledge, and, to our knowledge, represent the first such demonstrations in the machine learning literature.