Prism: An Evolutionary Memory Substrate for Multi-Agent Open-Ended Discovery

Computer Science > Artificial Intelligence [Submitted on 8 Apr 2026] Prism: An Evolutionary Memory Substrate for Multi-Agent Open-Ended Discovery Suyash Mishra We introduce \prism{} (\textbf{P}robabilistic \textbf{R}etrieval with \textbf{I}nformation-\textbf{S}tratified \textbf{M}emory), an evolutionary memory substrate for multi-agent AI systems engaged in open-ended discovery. \prism{} unifies four independently developed paradigms -- layered file-based persistence, vector-augmented semantic memory, graph-structured relational memory, and multi-agent evolutionary search -- under a single decision-theoretic framework with eight interconnected subsystems. We make five contributions: (1)~an \emph{entropy-gated stratification} mechanism that assigns memories to a tri-partite hub (skills/notes/attempts) based on Shannon information content, with formal context-window utilization bounds; (2)~a \emph{causal memory graph} \mathcal{G} = (V, E_r, E_c) with interventional edges and agent-attributed provenance; (3)~a \emph{Value-of-Information retrieval} policy with self-evolving strategy selection; (4)~a \emph{heartbeat-driven consolidation} controller with stagnation detection via optimal stopping theory; and (5)~a \emph{replicator-decay dynamics} framework that interprets memory confidence as evolutionary fitness, proving convergence to an Evolutionary Stable Memory Set (ESMS). On the LOCOMO benchmark, \prism{} achieves 88.1 LLM-as-a-Judge score (31.2\% over Mem0). On CORAL-style evolutionary optimization tasks, 4-agent \prism{} achieves 2.8\times higher improvement rate than single-agent baselines.% Comments: 10 pages, 1 figure Subjects: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI) Cite as: arXiv:2604.19795 [cs.AI]   (or arXiv:2604.19795v1 [cs.AI] for this version)   https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2604.19795 Focus to learn more Submission history From: Suyash Mishra Mr [view email] [v1] Wed, 8 Apr 2026 09:16:43 UTC (17 KB) Access Paper: HTML (experimental) view license Current browse context: cs.AI < prev   |   next > new | recent | 2026-04 Change to browse by: cs References & Citations NASA ADS Google Scholar Semantic Scholar Export BibTeX Citation Bookmark Bibliographic Tools Bibliographic and Citation Tools Bibliographic Explorer Toggle Bibliographic Explorer (What is the Explorer?) Connected Papers Toggle Connected Papers (What is Connected Papers?) Litmaps Toggle Litmaps (What is Litmaps?) scite.ai Toggle scite Smart Citations (What are Smart Citations?) Code, Data, Media Demos Related Papers About arXivLabs Which authors of this paper are endorsers? | Disable MathJax (What is MathJax?)