Final interpretant
Human
embodied, affective, normative, socially situated intelligence
supplies embodied interpretation, values, purposes, and accountability
Figure 1 · Final interpretant
grounding · purpose · correction
Human–AI system
coordinated interpretive and action loop
Sign
LLM
neural sign interpreter and generator
transforms and generates signs
provides neural flexibility
signs · habits · goals · memories
Immediate interpretant
ACT-R
symbolic–subsymbolic cognitive organizer
organizes signs into goals, memories, habits, and actions
provides symbolic cognitive architecture
adaptive action
Object
Environment
supplies objects, resistance, feedback, and consequences
objects · resistance · feedback · consequences
Intelligence emerges through the ongoing transformation of signs into interpretants, habits, and adaptive action.
Figure 1. A Peircean Architecture of Coordinated Human–AI Intelligence. The LLM functions as a neural sign interpreter and generator, providing neural flexibility. ACT-R functions as a symbolic–subsymbolic cognitive organizer, providing symbolic cognitive architecture. The human supplies embodied interpretation, values, purposes, and accountability. The environment supplies objects, resistance, feedback, and consequences. Intelligence emerges through the ongoing transformation of signs into interpretants, habits, and adaptive action.