Hartstone Institute LLC

Books

Four volumes on runtime authority

Three form the Runtime Authority Series. The Third Voice stands alone and is written for a general reader.

The Runtime Authority Series

Before It Acts by Emily Hartstone, cover

Establishes the case for pre-execution authorization of machine-initiated actions and defines Runtime Authority Control as a category.

Book Two

The Chain

Runtime Authority When Machines Commission Machines

Extends runtime authority to the case where machines commission other machines, and to the accountability gap that opens when action chains cross system boundaries.

Book Three

The Root

Runtime Authority When the Chain Leaves Home

Carries runtime authority beyond the enterprise perimeter and into civic infrastructure, written for a general reader rather than a technical one.

Standalone

The Third Voice

Who Decides What the Machines May Do to You

Argues that the ordinary protections a person holds when another person acts on them, the right to know who decided, why, and what it takes to reverse it, disappear the moment a machine acts instead. Written for a general reader rather than a technical one, and standing outside the Runtime Authority Series. Closes with The Third Voice Charter, published openly as A Bill of Runtime Rights.

All titles published by Hartstone Institute LLC.