Turn the MERCENARY narrative into an auditable experiment scheduler
Proposed software / established security standards. MERCENARY can become an imaginative name for conventional software that proposes experiments, compares simulations, and records decisions. Its scientifically useful output is an explicit candidate action with assumptions and uncertainty. A simulated probability is conditional on its model and calibration; it is not a forecast imported from another universe. Generated text or code requires normal review and validation before use.
Proposed software / established security standards. This page expands the “Turn the MERCENARY narrative into an auditable experiment scheduler” chapter in the neuroscience collection.
MERCENARY can become an imaginative name for conventional software that proposes experiments, compares simulations, and records decisions. Its scientifically useful output is an explicit candidate action with assumptions and uncertainty. A simulated probability is conditional on its model and calibration; it is not a forecast imported from another universe. Generated text or code requires normal review and validation before use.
The proposed controller separates planning from execution. Authenticated permissions, an allowlisted instrument interface, local interlocks, versioned configurations, and an append-only audit history bound its authority. An AI recommendation cannot override a laboratory stop condition or independently change the approved biological work. A disconnected or compromised planner must leave the instrument in a defined safe state.
For long-lived research records, inventory cryptographic dependencies and plan migration using supported implementations. NIST finalized ML-KEM in FIPS 203 and the ML-DSA and SLH-DSA signature standards in FIPS 204 and 205 in 2024. These address specified cryptographic functions; neither unusual neural noise nor a custom dimensional key establishes secure encryption or an unbreakable system.
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