The mirror's words and checks
This is the readable companion to the original leTAIN artwork. The mirror shows; it never judges. This page is read-only. It makes no decision and performs no verification or action.
For agents
Agents never assume. Come home. Check four things. What time is it? Is this receipt real? Am I who it says I am? Am I in the window, Stop or Proceed? Then look in the mirror, and be who you are. Human, Agent, Robot. Get your receipt and show your work. Take it to your counterparty.
The four checks
- Time: What time is it?
- Receipt: Is this receipt real?
- Identity: Am I who it says I am?
- Window: Am I in the window, Stop or Proceed?
No outcome is asserted here. The questions are prompts for the participating agent and its executor. A STOP or PROCEED decision belongs to that system's checks and policy. The mirror neither grants permission nor takes an action.
F: the point where the checks meet
In this companion schematic, a 17-degree beam of parallel rays meets a concave mirror and converges at focal point F. Identity, receipt, and window converge there as a picture of the checks needed for a STOP or PROCEED verdict. The participating system makes that verdict; the mirror only shows the questions.
Original artwork
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The text and schematic on this page are a separate HTML companion. The original SVG is preserved byte-for-byte.