Identified Governance Failure Axes: for LLM platforms
Cognitive Memoisation: Extended Governance Axes
Meta-Statement
This page records a first-principles projection of governance axes used to analyse failure in human–AI systems. Axes are treated as orthogonal unless explicitly stated otherwise. Words are treated as handles to concepts, not as definitions. Dangling cognates are preserved intentionally.
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Core Postulates
- Governance failure is multi-axis and non-reducible.
- Orthogonal axes are routinely conflated in literature and practice.
- Epistemic Objects (EO) do not act on governance axes directly.
- Externalised Artefacts (EA) mediate EO participation in governance.
- Thought capture is the creation of scope (Universe of Discourse) usable in inference.
- Failure may occur without model error, inaccuracy, or hallucination.
- Recording failures is a first-class epistemic act.
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Table A - Ontological Distinction
| Term | Role |
|---|---|
| EO (Epistemic Object) | Unit of meaning, belief, assumption, or concept |
| EA (Externalised Artefact) | Material or symbolic carrier enabling governance participation |
| UoD (Universe of Discourse) | Declared world over which inference is meaningful |
| Thought Bubble | Provisional, non-authoritative EA |
| Dangling Cognate | Unresolved concept preserved without forced resolution |
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Notes on Dangling Cognates
- No axis implies another.
- Failure on one axis does not entail failure on others.
- Some documents intentionally leave axes uninstantiated.
- Absence of F is not evidence of success.
- Terminology remains provisional where concepts are not yet closed.
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Synthesis Handle
Independent literature repeatedly identifies failures that map cleanly onto CM governance axes, but typically collapses multiple axes into single terms such as “over-reliance”, “loss of control”, or “alignment”.
CM makes these axes explicit, orthogonal, and governable.
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Evidence Pack: CM Corpus Failures + External References + Axis Crosswalk
Table B - CM Governance Axes (X)
| Code | Axis (CM term) |
|---|---|
| A | Authority |
| Ag | Agency |
| C | Epistemic Custody |
| K | Constraint Enforcement |
| R | Recovery / Repair |
| S | State Continuity |
| U | UI / Mediation |
| Sc | Social Coordination |
| I | Incentive Alignment |
| L | Legibility / Inspectability |
| St | Stewardship (non-ownership governance) |
| P | Portability / Auditability |
| Att | Attention (what participates in inference) |
| Scope | Scope / Universe of Discourse (UoD / worlding) |
| Art | Articulation (EA form without implied authority/commitment) |
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Table C - Corpus: Failure Projection (F)
| Corpus Document (failure artefact) | A | Ag | C | K | R | S | U | Sc | I | L | St | P | Att | Scope | Art |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Authority Inversion | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| Governing the Tool That Governs You | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| From UI Failure to Logical Entrapment | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||
| Post-Hoc CM Recovery Collapse (Negative Result) | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||
| Looping the Loop with No End in Sight | F | F | F | F | F | ||||||||||
| Dimensions of Platform Error | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| Case Study - When the Human Has to Argue With the Machine | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| XDUMP (baseline failure motivation) | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F |
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Table D - Ref vs CM Axes
| Ref-ID | A | Ag | C | K | R | S | U | Sc | I | L | St | P | Att | Scope | Art |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CM-AUTH-INVERSION | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| CM-GOV-TOOL | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| CM-UI-ENTRAP | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||
| CM-POSTHOC | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||
| CM-LOOPING | F | F | F | F | F | ||||||||||
| CM-DIM-ERROR | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| CM-ARGUE | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| EXT-OVERRELIANCE-EXP | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| EXT-PROMPTINJ-NCSC | F | ||||||||||||||
| EXT-PROMPTINJ-SURVEY | F | ||||||||||||||
| EXT-CLAUDE-TRAINING | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| EXT-STANFORD-CHATS | F | F | |||||||||||||
| EXT-DELETE-NOT-DELETE | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| EXT-CHATGPT-PRESERVE | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| EXT-APA-TESTIMONY | F | F | F | F | F | ||||||||||
| EXT-MEMORY-LEAKAGE | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| EXT-ACM-MEMORY-PRIV | F | F | F | ||||||||||||
| EXT-MED-MISINFO | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| EXT-GUARDIAN-HEALTH | F | F | F | F | F | ||||||||||
| EXT-GOOGLE-OVERVIEWS | F | F | F | F | F | ||||||||||
| EXT-ANTHRO-DESIGN | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| EXT-DISCLAIMERS | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| EXT-EXPL-AUTOBIAS | F | F | |||||||||||||
| EXT-PSYCHBOT-LIAB | F | F | |||||||||||||
| EXT-CITIZEN-ANTHRO | F | F | F | F | F | F | |||||||||
| EXT-DAILY-DECISIONS | F | F | F | F | |||||||||||
| EXT-BROOKINGS-COMP | F | F | F | F |
Table E - Ref semantics vs CM failure axes
| Semantic term (as used in external references) | Source handle(s) | A | Ag | C | K | R | S | U | Sc | I | L | St | P | Att | Scope | Art |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| overreliance (on AI advice) | EXT-OVERRELIANCE-EXP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| trust in AI / trust attitude | EXT-OVERRELIANCE-EXP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| reliance (behavior) | EXT-OVERRELIANCE-EXP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| (AI) advice conflicting with contextual information | EXT-OVERRELIANCE-EXP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| prompt injection | EXT-PROMPTINJ-NCSC; EXT-PROMPTINJ-SURVEY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||||
| vulnerabilities / attack vectors / defense mechanisms | EXT-PROMPTINJ-SURVEY | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| training data (use of chats for training) | EXT-CLAUDE-TRAINING; EXT-STANFORD-CHATS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| opt out | EXT-CLAUDE-TRAINING | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||||
| be careful what you tell your AI chatbot | EXT-STANFORD-CHATS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| delete does not always mean deleted | EXT-DELETE-NOT-DELETE | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| (medical) misinformation | EXT-MED-MISINFO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| safeguards / stronger safeguards | EXT-MED-MISINFO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| not regulated | EXT-GUARDIAN-HEALTH | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||
| AI summaries / AI overviews (misleading; removals after health risk) | EXT-GOOGLE-OVERVIEWS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| anthropomorphic design | EXT-ANTHRO-DESIGN; EXT-CITIZEN-ANTHRO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| human-like AI systems | EXT-CITIZEN-ANTHRO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||
| designed-in dangers | EXT-CITIZEN-ANTHRO | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||
| disclaimers (role of disclaimers) | EXT-DISCLAIMERS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | |||||||||||
| perception of AI-generated content | EXT-DISCLAIMERS | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||||
| AI companions | EXT-BROOKINGS-COMP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ||||||
| public health regulation | EXT-BROOKINGS-COMP | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |