SAFE-Matter™ The Difference Between Capability and Authority in Consequential Systems

SAFE-Matter™ The Difference Between Capability and Authority in Consequential Systems examines the constitutional distinction between a system possessing the technical capability to execute an action and possessing the legitimate authority to execute that action under current runtime conditions. SAFE-Matter™ The Difference Between Capability and Authority in Consequential Systems. The paper argues that modern consequential systems increasingly conflate these two concepts, permitting execution based primarily upon persistent capability rather than continuously admissible authority. While capability may survive degradation, interruption, environmental change, evidential uncertainty, or governance failure,…