A research problem

Who governs the history accumulated in a persistent AI relationship?

Goals, corrections, preferences, working assumptions, and unfinished decisions can begin to shape later exchanges. Naming that accumulated relationship makes it available for inspection: how it forms, what it retains, what it enables, and where human authority can weaken.

This research treats the accumulated relationship as a governed object, not an incidental byproduct of interaction, and asks who creates it, who holds it, and who ultimately governs it.

Relevant research

  • Operant Dyad™ — defines the task-bound working relationship as an object of study.
  • The Persistent Primitive — requirements for provenance, validity, correction, authority, purpose limitation, revocation, and portability.
  • Human-Authority Layer — the Human Authority Object Model, separating who a piece of state is about from who holds it and who has standing to authorize or constrain its use.
  • Governing Relationship State — lawful continuing reliance as the central governance problem.

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