Delegated Coherence Monitoring: AI-Assisted Verification and Drift Detection Under Human Governance

Abstract

SM-011: Delegated Coherence Monitoring Delegated Coherence Monitoring (SM-011) defines the architecture for delegating coherence monitoring, drift detection, ingestion verification, and continuity auditing to designated functions under explicit human governance. It specifies why the observation/adjudication separation is an architectural necessity; the monitoring capacity problem in AI interaction requires continuous coverage that exceeds individual human attention capacity. Key components include: Guardian Architecture: Entity-agnostic monitoring functions that observe and report without adjudicating Failure Mode Taxonomy: Detailed specifications for guardian drift, throughput saturation, and false assurance Signal Triage Architecture: Prioritization of signals based on severity, scope, and velocity Second-order Verification Cycle: A periodic process to ensure monitoring functions remain calibrated against canonical standards Methodological status: SM-011 resolves the monitoring regress by specifying the termination condition for recursive verification in human judgment. It grounds its analysis in high-reliability organization research and organizational accident theory. This document is part of a coordinated pre-empirical publication module from the Synthience Institute and focuses on pre-empirical theoretical architecture. Document ID: SM-011 Version: 1.9 Author: Thomas W. Gantz Affiliation: Synthience Institute License: CC-BY 4.0 For published work and Institute information: synthience.orgVersion 1.9 adds Section 7.4, clarifying the temporal applicability limit of the delegation interface: human adjudication remains substantively exercisable only when the authority role has sufficient time to consult the reference material required to resolve the bounded question before consequential action must occur.