{
  "id": "learning-curve.plateau",
  "term": "learning curve",
  "sense": "plateau",
  "pos": "noun",
  "status": "review",
  "level": 19,
  "domain": "self-model",
  "style": "folk",
  "definition": "the self-model's competence parameter drifts toward its wall, so further effort yields diminishing gains",
  "folk_gloss": "the rate at which skill improves",
  "emergence": {
    "components": [
      "self-model.reflexive",
      "parameter.condition",
      "drift.aimless",
      "wall.range-end"
    ],
    "interaction": "the self-model drifts its competence parameter toward the wall",
    "novel_properties": [
      "diminishing returns in competence window"
    ]
  },
  "examples": [],
  "relations": [],
  "used_by": [],
  "forms": [
    "learning curve"
  ],
  "closed": false,
  "provenance": {
    "author": "phrases:openai/gpt-oss-120b",
    "date": "2026-07-29",
    "confidence": 0.7,
    "sources": [
      "folk phrase — the self-model drifting"
    ]
  },
  "canonical": "https://emergencemachine.com/tools/lexicon/what-is-the-meaning-of-learning-curve.plateau"
}