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Influence-First AI Security

Version 0.9.2 · 2026-09-20
Guiding statement: Trace influence. Bound authority.

This minibook is a book-length treatment of influence-first analysis: making influence a first-class concern wherever AI participates in decisions, then following consequences into connected software, services, and human workflows.

Edits here are for iamyi.net only. They are not synced back to any upstream repository.

Version history

The table below records editions of this site copy.

Version Date What changed
0.9 2026-09-17 Vendored into iamyi.net as site edition baseline; visible version on every chapter; minibook PDF.
0.9.1 2026-09-20 Condensed outline (9 chapters + appendices); added How this book is organized.
0.9.2 2026-09-20 Consolidated manuscript to 9 chapters + appendices; retired the 18-chapter file layout.

How to read

  1. How this book is organized — influence-first overview and Part/Chapter map.
  2. Follow Parts I–V in order (or jump via the chapter list below).
  3. Use the appendices for templates and the evaluation protocol.

Chapters

# Chapter
— How this book is organized
1 Influence-First AI Security: Proposal, Foundations, and Limits
2 Understanding Influence: From Information to Consequence
3 Define the System, the Task, and the Authority
4 Map Influence Across Decisions and Boundaries
5 Identify Threats, Design Controls, and Define Evidence
6 Apply the Method Across AI System Layers
7 Complete Design Review: Customer-Service Agent
8 Complete Incident Review: The Agent as an Attacker
9 Assure Continuously: Test, Operate, and Manage Change
— Shared appendices