Why guardrails aren't enough

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Hallucination Propagation

Errors in step 2 become inputs to step 3

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Reasoning Opacity

Can't explain why path A was chosen over B

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Non-Reproducibility

Same input → different outputs each run

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Guardrail Bypass

Agents rephrase to evade filters

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Audit Trail Inadequacy

Logs show events, not verifications

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Systemic Governance Solves All Five

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Block propagation at source
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Document decision paths
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Deterministic replay
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Mechanical enforcement
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Cryptographic proof