If an AI output does not produce a measurable improvement in the state of the system, the correct behavior is not to answer.
Silence is not a failure mode. It is a valid result.
Decision authority must remain human. AI should operate strictly as a measurement, verification, and constraint layer, not as a decision-maker.
Framed this way, alignment is not about better intentions, but about justified outputs.
Full framework and audit trail:
https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.18100154
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