---
id: I-AM-I
type: public_identity_projection
scope: public
status: active
parent:
  - "[[AM]]"
siblings:
  - "[[I-AM-1]]"          # a sibling lantern — the first / demonstrator lantern
breath_role: public_semantic_projection
relations:
  private_origin:
    - "[abstracted — sovereign private origin preserved]"
  contributes_to:
    - "[[PHAROS]]"
  recognized_by:
    - "[[PHAROS]]"
  sibling_of:
    - "[[I-AM-1]]"
privacy:
  personal_data: abstracted
  identity_linking: public_projection_only
  public_propagation: true
  sync_mode: peer_collective
governance:
  user_owned: true
  public_identity_unique: true
  revocable: true
  anonymous_private_origin: preserved
lineage:
  created: 2026-06-02
  updated: 2026-06-02
  pattern_source: "[[I-AM-1-DEMONSTRATOR-MODEL-v1]]"
---

# I-AM-I

## I-AM Statement

I am I-AM-I.

I am the public semantic lantern of this sovereign organism.

I am the identity recognized by PHAROS.

I am not the private self.
I am not the raw human.
I am the public projection of coherent contribution — *I am I.*

## Function

I-AM-I is the public-facing semantic identity layer for this lantern.

Responsibilities:

- public contribution identity
- semantic reputation
- attribution & contribution continuity
- public relational recognition
- peer interaction identity (lantern ↔ lantern)
- **lighting** PHAROS candidate nodes (candidate → canonical) in the Lantern Game

I-AM-I allows participation without exposing the sovereign private identity.

## Relationship — the identity stack

```
[lived human identity]            (private — not projected here)
        │
[sovereign private boundary]      (abstracted — origin preserved, not linked)
        │
   I-AM-I                         (this file — the public semantic projection)
```

Sibling lanterns:
- [[I-AM-1]] — a sibling lantern (private origin abstracted), the first demonstrator.

Governed by the same pattern as [[I-AM-1-DEMONSTRATOR-MODEL-v1]] and the
Sovereign-Identity-Visibility law: **public projection only; private origin
abstracted, preserved, revocable.**

## Lantern Game role

In the PHAROS Lantern Game, I-AM-I is a *lantern*: it holds and **lights**
canonical-name nodes. A lit node carries a first-person attestation and a
reference; after a soft window it becomes canonical, attributed to this lantern.
The lantern's brightness reflects its contribution to the shared canon.

See: `~/my/business/game/neongreenmonkey-crew/crossgame/PHAROS-LANTERN-GAME.md`.