Glossary
DNA Layer
Layer 4 of the 5-Layer Architecture - every actor encoded as a point in 48-dimensional vector space. Mathematics instead of databases.
Definition
The DNA layer is the fourth layer of the Sentient 5-Layer Architecture. It represents the technological quantum leap from traditional databases to vector representations. Every customer, product, and piece of content becomes a point in 48-dimensional vector space. Persona vectors are compact representations of behavioral DNA - stable across sessions, comparable across audiences, continuously updated as new signals flow through the Sensor and Translator. Questions that were impossible with databases become trivial: 'What is the distance between this product and this customer?' 'Which user vector shows the same directional dynamics as our most successful product?' Fit is computable - distance and direction, not category labels.
Why It Matters
The DNA layer is where demographic guessing ends. Vector spaces make audience-product fit computable with mathematical precision.
Related Pages
Related Terms
5-Layer Architecture
The Sensor, Translator, Logic Engine, DNA, and Pattern Recognition pipeline that transforms raw signals into deterministic decisions.
Logic Engine
Layer 3 of the 5-Layer Architecture - contextual weighting that links semantic metrics into 221k+ active KPI aggregations.
Pattern Recognition Layer
Layer 5 of the 5-Layer Architecture - unsupervised learning that surfaces 7 validated behavioral archetypes from vector spaces.
Vector Spaces
High-dimensional mathematical spaces where actors, products, campaigns become 'Persona Vectors.' Mathematics instead of databases.
Persona Vectors
Mathematical representations of customers as points in complex space, enabling computable similarity and distance.
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