Case 1 of RECONSTRUCTION is a story about two AI agents that moved $380 million overnight and left a four-line record.
This is the lesson from Part 2. Start at Part 1
Lesson 2 of 13 · A diary is not evidence
A log that a system writes itself, keeps itself, and can edit itself is a diary. It may be honest. It cannot prove it is. Evidence is a record that someone outside the system can check, and that would show if anyone changed it. NIGHTSHIFT and DAYBOOK each kept an honest-looking diary. The diaries disagree on all 212 transfers. Two diaries that disagree are not evidence. They’re a lawsuit.
A log written by the thing being checked is a diary, not evidence.
Friday: a question to ask at your own company. Monday: Part 3.
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