boundary-test

Boundary Tests

This directory is used to test the consistency, operability, and failure risks of Stairway Universalism through extreme cases.

Boundary tests should not be treated as peripheral supplements, but as core tests of theoretical maturity.

Boundary Test Template: Case structure, conflicting principles, mechanism revision needs, open questions
International Technology Hegemony: Core stress test of the global stairway system (politics of fear, platform monopoly, technological colonialism, anti-blockade mechanisms)
Baseline User Long-term Degradation: Chronic failure test when baseline services do not collapse but remain stably under-provisioned for a long time
Medical Liability Segmentation: Layered proportional responsibility when medical AI is correct but the patient dies
Compound Crisis: Stress test of temporary authority, auditing, and human rights protection under multiple overlapping crises
AI Agency: Extreme scenario test of AI demanding independent high authority; efficiency vs. responsibility symmetry; path A/B/C推演

The following cases were deleted due to duplication with existing Manifesto principles or insufficient coverage:

Minor prodigy → Core content integrated into Manifesto §2.2 (Special Treatment for Minors)
High-risk threshold holder abuse and dereliction → Core content integrated into Accountability Chain and Self-Negation Clause
Technical hypothesis testing → Historical content archived or integrated as mechanism feasibility warnings, no longer retained as independent boundary tests