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A structural requirement that must be in place before other governance mechanisms can function effectively. COA argues that it represents an architectural precondition for AI governance: without the operating architecture governing delegated cognition, safety, ethics, and compliance mechanisms cannot preserve institutional authority.
An ethics review process exists, but it evaluates whether the model is fair, not whether the institution retains authority. Compliance exists, but it verifies documentation, not accountability continuity. These mechanisms need COA as an architectural precondition to be effective.
Section 9: Conclusion