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Equation 5 · Comparing the Main Approaches to AI and Cybersecurity

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∀ x∈Bϵ(x0):f(x)∈S,\forall\, x \in B_\epsilon(x_0): \quad f(x) \in S,

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xx

Symbol x

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BϵB_\epsilon

Symbol B_epsilon

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x0x_0

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the input.

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ff

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SS

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the safe output region.

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A universally quantified guarantee over a bounded region is the shape of what such a proof states. For a system f , an input x0x_0 , a perturbation radius ϵ\epsilon , and a safe output region S , the property being proved typically has the form ∀ x∈Bϵ(x0):f(x)∈S\forall\, x \in B_\epsilon(x_0): \quad f(x) \in S. read as: for every input within radius ϵ\epsilon of x0x_0 , the system’s output stays inside the safe region. That “for every” is doing all the work, and it is exactly what no classifier bypass rate and no red-team hour count can claim — those are statements about a sample of inputs that were tried, not about the full set that could be.

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