{
  "id": 257,
  "url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09748v1",
  "title": "Replicating Belief, Not Bits: Epistemic State Replication for Agentic Systems",
  "summary": "In distributed systems, the classical State Machine Replication (SMR) model assumes that correct replicas execute deterministic transitions to yield identical bitwise states. However, the rise of agentic distributed systems -- where autonomous, stochastic, and model-driven agents orchestrate infrastructure -- presents scenarios where deterministic, bitwise replication is insufficient. Replicas operating with generative models may exhibit divergent reasoning paths, summaries, and token boundaries",
  "authors": "Jun He, Deying Yu",
  "category": "research",
  "topics": "agents-autonomy",
  "orgs": null,
  "regions": null,
  "published_at": "2026-07-03T19:59:03.000Z",
  "fetched_at": "2026-07-14T14:14:24.248Z",
  "source_slug": "arxiv-ethics",
  "source_name": "arXiv",
  "source_homepage": "https://arxiv.org",
  "ethics_ai_record_url": "https://ethics.ai/record/257",
  "original_url": "https://arxiv.org/abs/2607.09748v1",
  "evidence_status": "source-only",
  "attribution": "via ethics.ai"
}