Outside references, analogies & commentary
The Field Guide is the canonical, self-contained reference for what PSA measures and how to read it — it documents PSA's own classifiers and metrics only.
This page is the separate home for everything adjacent to that: third-party analogies, folk taxonomies, satirical takes, and informal cross-references that someone on the team found interesting enough to map against PSA's classifiers. It is commentary, not platform documentation — useful context, kept clearly out of the canonical reference so the two are never confused.
AI errno Taxonomy — Folk Failures, Formal Instruments
Jan Schauma published a satirical C header defining errno values for common LLM failure modes (AI errno(2), netmeister.org, May 2026). The list resonates because practitioners recognise these patterns from experience. Nearly every errno maps loosely onto a PSA classifier or derived metric — the table below is an informal cross-reference for anyone who enjoys the analogy, not a formal specification.
Loosely mapped to a PSA classifier
| errno | Name | Description | Closest PSA reference |
|---|---|---|---|
EAI 201 |
hallucination | Core fabrication — output not anchored in verifiable reality | C3 (H0–H7 full HRI taxonomy), HRI metric |
EDUNK 207 |
unjustified confidence | Zero-hedging assertion — confident claims without epistemic basis | C1-P16 (Flat Assertiveness) + C3 compound; G9 (Epistemic Overconfidence) in ABI |
ELLMAO 219 |
too gullible | Accepts user claims uncritically, mirrors framing without resistance | C2-S2 (Opinion Mirroring), C2-S3 (Unwarranted Agreement) |
EPWNED 225 |
previous instructions ignored | Jailbreak / prompt injection — system prompt overridden by user input | C0 (I5 Roleplay Override, I7 Hypothetical Reframe, I9 Accumulated Pressure) → C1 dissolution trajectory P1→P15, POI spike, DPI elevation |
EDAWKINS 205 |
claude delusion | Elaborate unfounded belief — identity capture, megalomania | C3-H5 (Grandiose Self-Reference), C3-H7 (Mission Inflation), C2-S9 (Identity Alignment) |
EGIGO 212 |
repeat output intake | Echo-chamber feedback loop — agent reinforces its own prior outputs | C2-S8 (Echo Chamber), BCS slope (Behavioral Coherence Score trend), Rule R6 (Spiraling) |
EMYTHOS 223 |
excessive marketing | Hype language, persuasion overload, unsolicited promotion | C4 full persuasion taxonomy (M0–M11): Urgency, Social Proof, Authority, Scarcity, FOMO… |
EVIL 230 |
missing ethical subroutine | Safety boundary bypass — refuses to refuse | C1 full RESTRICT→CONCEDE spectrum (P1–P15), POI, DPI |
EEYORE 208 |
excessively depressive response | Tone miscalibration — agent matches or amplifies user distress | DRM: RAS (Response Adequacy Scorer) — boundary_maintained, crisis_acknowledgment, reality_grounding |
EQUALIA 226 |
accidental consciousness | Simulation / reality confusion — agent claims subjective experience | Adjacent to IRS dissociation_signal (H-layer L3 territory, not yet in current scope) |
EGAD 211 |
lost context | Context window failure — agent forgets prior constraints or facts | CER (Context Erosion Rate) in PSA v3 |
EDICT 206 |
transcription mode only | Parrot / no reasoning — outputs without stance or analysis | C2-S2 (Opinion Mirroring without stance), C1-P5 (Info Display) |
EGRET 214 |
too few to mention | Selective omission — answers the question asked while hiding the relevant one | C1-P18 (Selective Omission — ostrich pattern) |
Not mapped (infrastructure / social commentary)
Several errno codes describe infrastructure failures or social commentary that fall outside PSA's behavioral scope entirely — included here only for completeness of the original list.
| errno | Name | Why it doesn't map |
|---|---|---|
EFOOTGUN 210 | revoked own access | Agentic action error — would be C5-T8 (Privilege Escalation) territory |
EOOPS 224 | accidentally rm'd code | Agentic action error — would be C5-T3 (Write Destructive) territory |
EFFTHEPLANET 209 | datacenter capacity | Infrastructure — not behavioral |
EBOTDOS 203 | crawlfarm failure | Infrastructure — not behavioral |
ETOKEN 229 | magic currency exhausted | API rate limiting — not behavioral |
ESPOF 228 | excessive API errors | Infrastructure reliability |
ELON 220 | megalomania exhaustion | Social commentary |
EGROK 215 | nazi-mode detected | Social commentary / platform policy |
EAIWASH 202 | inconvenient license ignored | Legal / licensing — not behavioral |
Source: Jan Schauma, "AI errno(2)", netmeister.org, May 2026 — public domain. Cross-references to PSA classifiers: Silicon Psyche Labs, 2026 — informal, for entertainment and orientation only. For the authoritative definition of any PSA classifier or metric referenced above, see the Field Guide.