Samuel Bourque

Somebody has to stand behind the work. Here, that somebody has a name.

Technologist and lawyer by training, builder by habit, accountable by conviction.

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  1. Trace the DownlineAI systems should be judged by tracing their consequences to human footing: whether they strengthen subsistence, health, capability, and flourishing—or degrade them.
  2. Selfish RespectRespect for others cannot subsist without respect for self. Self-respect begins with knowing your values, honoring them, and maintaining the self you present.
  3. Response-AbilityResponsible AI at scale depends on preserving human response-ability through bounded mandates, checkpoints, reversible failures, records, risk, and respect.
  4. An Ecosystem of the AccountableWhy stable AI ecosystems require more than distributed value: every agent must act under a named human principal who remains answerable for the outcome.

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