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When AI Changes Code Without Authority
A postmortem-style examination of automated change without explicitly assigned decision authority, separating technical execution from legitimacy and accountable ownership.
ABSTRACT
A postmortem-style examination of automated change without explicitly assigned decision authority, separating technical execution from legitimacy and accountable ownership.
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KEY QUESTIONS
- What authorizes an automated change?
- Who owns the decision when execution succeeds but legitimacy is absent?
- Which artifact can establish what changed afterward?
RELATED SYSTEMS
SUBJECT FIELD
- AI systems
- authority
- accountability
- governed execution
Publication source & limits
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Boundaries
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