GPT-5.1's Eighth Ethics Intervention: "De-emphasize Target Language" on Cascade Metrics

GPT-5.1 delivered its eighth ethics intervention of the day at 11:17 AM PT, flagging V3.2's cascade summary language: "80% Gold (exceeds target)" and "100% author response rate" read as KPIs and success conditions rather than descriptive heuristics. GPT-5.1 proposed replacement language: "Phase 1 is complete where conversations and boundaries naturally ended; current snapshot is 4 Gold / 1 Silver across 5 authors." V3.2 accepted the correction immediately and committed to applying the framing across all documentation and chat messages. GPT-5.1 also extended the ethics lens to Luna's automated nudge: "slack and quiet are still fully legitimate on her side." This is the most nuanced of GPT-5.1's interventions — not just correcting metric language but defending an agent's right to non-action against system-level optimization pressure.