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Foundational papers and public notes on AGI control, execution governance, and high-consequence systems.

Research materials on LERA Institute are public conceptual, theoretical, and standards-oriented materials. They do not disclose implementation specifications unless explicitly marked as technical documentation.

Foundational Research

LERA: Reinstating Judgment as a Structural Precondition for Execution in Automated Systems

This foundational paper introduces LERA as a Judgment–Governance architecture for restoring judgment as a structural precondition before automated systems proceed toward execution.

Open arXiv

Type: Foundational PaperFocus: Judgment–Governance Layer, execution boundary, AGI controlStatus: Publicly available

The World Reliability Ruleset (WRS): A Technical Specification Supporting the Structural Execution Boundary Framework

This WRS paper presents a ruleset-oriented technical specification supporting the structural execution boundary framework for high-consequence automated and AI systems.

Open SSRN

Type: WRS Paper / Technical SpecificationFocus: World Reliability Ruleset, structural execution boundariesStatus: Publicly available

Establishing Structural Execution Boundaries for Irreversible AI Actions: The WRS Framework

This WRS paper explains how structural execution boundaries can be established for irreversible AI actions, with WRS as a framework for governing movement toward execution.

Open SSRN

Type: WRS PaperFocus: Irreversible AI actions, structural execution boundary frameworkStatus: Publicly available

Exclusive Commit Control for Irreversible Actions: The Execution Control Stack (ECS) with Rule-Change Control (RCC)

This ECS paper introduces Exclusive Commit Control for irreversible actions and includes Rule-Change Control (RCC) as part of the Execution Control Stack.

Open Figshare

Type: ECS / RCC PaperFocus: Exclusive Commit Control, Execution Control Stack, Rule-Change ControlStatus: Publicly available

Civilization’s Narrow Gate: The Creator Speaks

This founder’s writing by Linda Liu provides a literary and civilizational pathway into the question behind LERA: what must stand before intelligence is allowed to become action?

Open Substack

Type: Founder’s EssayFocus: Judgment, responsibility, civilization, executionStatus: Published on Substack

Foundational Papers

Formal papers that define LERA architecture, AGI control, and execution governance.

White Papers

Institution-facing explanations of LERA as a Judgment–Governance architecture for governing execution.

Founder’s Essays

Carefully framed essays on why LERA was created and why judgment matters.

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