# Millisecond Categorical Inference **Entity class:** AI capability **Domain:** Artificial intelligence / Decision systems **Maturity:** Developed ## Definition Millisecond categorical inference assigns an input to one of a bounded set of classes with very low latency. ## Mechanism and significance At organizational scale, inexpensive classification can automate routing and control decisions that would be wasteful to send through a long-form reasoning system. ## Relationships - **Research dossier:** [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] - **Ontology route:** [[ASI and RSI Timeline Ontology#Model Architecture and Compute Economics|Model Architecture and Compute Economics]] - **Primary fields:** [[Machine Intelligence]] · [[AI Infrastructure]] · [[Compute Race]] - **Adjacent concepts:** [[TypeSafe AI]] · [[Jev]] · [[Micro-Decision Automation]] · [[Organizational Micro-Coordination]] ## Sources and provenance - [[research/ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots|ASI and RSI Timeline Research Moonshots]] — immediate source for this node's role in the broadcast research map. ## Evidence boundary The research dossier establishes why this entity or concept belongs in the Moonshots ontology. Time-sensitive organizational, product, policy, and performance claims should be checked against the linked primary source or a current authoritative source before reuse as settled fact.