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Mitigations that actually bound impact

Compare both sides of "Mitigations that actually bound impact", then name the condition that decides between them.

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Mitigations that actually bound impactprivilege separation over persuasion

Since you can't trust the model to disobey, design so that a hijacked agent can't do much. Each control assumes the injection already succeeded and limits the blast radiusHow much breaks if a change goes wrong; the scope of potential damage. Press Enter for the full definition..

SOFT CONTROL VS HARD CONTROL

Interactive diagram. Tab through its regions; each focused region shows its detail in the panel below.

diagram: compare

The senior framing: stop trying to persuade the model; bound what a fooled model can do.