# Microsoft Model System **Aliases:** Microsoft model system; Microsoft model-system separation **Entity class:** AI runtime **Integration priority:** P1 **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] ## Definition **Microsoft Model System** — Microsoft’s explicit separation of harness/context/memory/action space from replaceable model family. This entry treats the technology or concept as a concrete part, precedent, or comparison within host-infrastructure analysis; it does not by itself establish consciousness transfer, personal continuity, or a company's intent to build either. <!-- BEGIN HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 --> ## Relationships ### Host–residual infrastructure patch — 2026-09-10 **Resolved aliases:** `Microsoft model system`, `Microsoft model-system separation` **Collections:** [[collections/Consciousness Continuity|Consciousness Continuity]] · [[collections/Neurotech|Neurotech]] · [[collections/Machine Succession|Machine Succession]] **Canonical source article:** [[articles/Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta|Mind Uploading and AI — The Host is Reusable and the Person is the Delta]] **Related acquisition source:** [[articles/Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer|Technologies for Consciousness Mapping and Transfer]] **Relationship source:** [[research/Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph - 2026-09-10|Mind Uploading and AI Host-Residual Ecosystem Relationship Graph — 2026-09-10]] #### Host-infrastructure integration Microsoft’s explicit separation of harness/context/memory/action space from replaceable model family. #### Outgoing typed edges - **HR-0099 — `separates` → `harness from model family`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Microsoft says the model is substitutable. - **HR-0100 — `separates` → `context from model family`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Context remains external. - **HR-0101 — `separates` → `memory from model family`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Memory remains external. - **HR-0102 — `separates` → `action space from model family`** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Action space remains external. - **HR-0103 — `enables` → [[wiki/Ports and Adapters|model substitutability]]** — **VERIFIED EXTERNAL**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`. Microsoft explicitly cites business continuity and resilience. - **HR-0104 — `technical_convergence_with` → [[wiki/Host–Residual Architecture|Host–Residual Architecture]]** — **STRONG ANALYTIC CONVERGENCE**; evidence `WEB_MS_MODEL_SYSTEM`, `ARTICLE`. Very close software architecture analogue: durable harness/context/memory survives model substitution. - **HR-1407 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Ports and Adapters|Ports and Adapters]]** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Harness/context/memory/action-space externalization is ports-and-adapters at AI-runtime scale. - **HR-1408 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Substrate Independence|Substrate Independence]]** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Model family becomes replaceable while higher-level state/harness persists. - **HR-1409 — `cross_threads` → [[wiki/Personal Authoritative State|Personal Authoritative State]]** — **HIGH VALUE CROSS THREAD**; evidence `ARTICLE`, `WIKI_ARCHIVE`. Durable state can remain external while underlying model is swapped. #### Epistemic boundary Evidence status and relationship type are recorded on each typed edge; graph candidates remain labeled **CANDIDATE — DO NOT PROMOTE**. <!-- END HOST RESIDUAL RELATIONSHIP GRAPH 2026-09-10 -->