Equation 44 · OpenAI Codex as a Software-Engineering System: Models, Harnesses, and Evidence
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where u(s') represents required human or institutional authorization. Even if every passes, the false-accept probability is not zero because the conjunction covers only encoded properties. Correlated checks can repeat the same blind spot.
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