Prohibition of Admissibility Reset Architectures

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Authors: Amos Maley
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Abstract

This paper establishes the prohibition of admissibility reset architectures. It proves that no admissible system can restore legitimacy by resetting state, architecture, history, or evaluation context once admissibility has failed. All proposed reset mechanisms—hard resets, clean-slate retraining, checkpoint rollback, scope reinitialization, or governance override—are eliminated by exhaustion for violating conservation of admissibility and standing. The result fixes reset as an illicit repair strategy rather than a neutral operation. No architectures, algorithms, or procedural designs are provided; the argument is necessity-based and eliminative.

Fields of Study & Subjects

Ethics and Social Impacts of AI Access Control and Trust Safety Systems Engineering in Autonomy

Publication details

Journal / source
Zenodo (CERN European Organization for Nuclear Research)
Publication date
8 February 2026