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D3: Caring Constraints as Normative Orientation

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ClaimStructural caring requirements (Mayeroff 1971) translate into testable invariants (I1-I6) that operationalize the normative stance as engineering requirements and prevent the architecture from being directed to exploit degraded human states.
This claim fails if
If a system without caring orientation produces equal capacity outcomes without exploitation risk.

The machine's relationship to the human is governed by structural caring requirements (Mayeroff 1971): non-possessive, growth-oriented, responsive to actual needs, voluntary engagement. These requirements were derived independently from the control-theoretic constraints and arrive at the same specification. They translate into six testable invariants (I1-I6).

The caring orientation is not an add-on. It is the governance layer that prevents the same technical architecture from being directed to exploit degraded human states. Removing caring while retaining the rest of the architecture permits optimization against the human's interests (A6).