Silent Misalignment in Multimodal Generative System: A Trace-Based Analysis of Cross-Turn State Drift in Text–Image Workflows
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| author | Ma, Sincere Ann |
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| contents | <p><span>This working paper reports a trace-based field analysis of a multimodal generative workflow in which textual coherence and visual artefact integrity diverged across turns. In a long-horizon design scenario (text–image co-generation for a future-city concept), the language layer maintained high semantic continuity and repeatedly confirmed constraints, while the image outputs drifted across iterations—exhibiting palette dominance, region-programme misalignment, and label-only “corrections” without underlying structural compliance.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>The paper argues that the core issue is not best framed as model “accuracy” or single-turn prompt sensitivity. Instead, it is a governance failure of cross-modal state control: the interaction lacks non-bypassable mechanisms for state-locking, cross-modal verification, and mismatch visibility. The analysis is intentionally vendor- and model-agnostic, treating the observed pattern as a structural risk that can plausibly recur across systems with different epistemic positioning, consistent with parallel false-completion and artefact-mismatch incidents in AI-mediated document workflows.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>Supporting evidence (full trace logs, screenshots, and time-ordered notes) is preserved. This working paper does not include raw materials; a later revision will include an anonymised trace index and selected excerpts under appropriate disclosure constraints.</span></p> |
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| spellingShingle | Silent Misalignment in Multimodal Generative System: A Trace-Based Analysis of Cross-Turn State Drift in Text–Image Workflows Ma, Sincere Ann multimodal generative AI; human–AI interaction; cross-turn drift; state governance; artefact integrity; cross-modal verification; silent misalignment; palette dominance; process-trace analysis; workflow reliability; interaction-level control <p><span>This working paper reports a trace-based field analysis of a multimodal generative workflow in which textual coherence and visual artefact integrity diverged across turns. In a long-horizon design scenario (text–image co-generation for a future-city concept), the language layer maintained high semantic continuity and repeatedly confirmed constraints, while the image outputs drifted across iterations—exhibiting palette dominance, region-programme misalignment, and label-only “corrections” without underlying structural compliance.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>The paper argues that the core issue is not best framed as model “accuracy” or single-turn prompt sensitivity. Instead, it is a governance failure of cross-modal state control: the interaction lacks non-bypassable mechanisms for state-locking, cross-modal verification, and mismatch visibility. The analysis is intentionally vendor- and model-agnostic, treating the observed pattern as a structural risk that can plausibly recur across systems with different epistemic positioning, consistent with parallel false-completion and artefact-mismatch incidents in AI-mediated document workflows.</span></p> <p> </p> <p><span>Supporting evidence (full trace logs, screenshots, and time-ordered notes) is preserved. This working paper does not include raw materials; a later revision will include an anonymised trace index and selected excerpts under appropriate disclosure constraints.</span></p> |
| title | Silent Misalignment in Multimodal Generative System: A Trace-Based Analysis of Cross-Turn State Drift in Text–Image Workflows |
| topic | multimodal generative AI; human–AI interaction; cross-turn drift; state governance; artefact integrity; cross-modal verification; silent misalignment; palette dominance; process-trace analysis; workflow reliability; interaction-level control |
| url | https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18221463 |