# xAI / Tesla Embodied Authority Checklist

Status: Active

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# Mission

Prepare a second outreach lane focused on:

- truth-seeking AI
- epistemic authority
- tool authority
- embodied authority
- local execution authority

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# Phase 1 — Positioning

[ ] Create xAI one-pager

[ ] Create truth-seeking memo

[ ] Create local-authority memo

[ ] Create embodied-authority memo

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# Phase 2 — Research

[ ] Formalize embodied authority definition

[ ] Formalize transition admission model

[ ] Define authorized / ask / refused / safe-stop states

[ ] Define replayable transition traces

[ ] Define local authority boundary

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# Phase 3 — Demo Design

Simulation only.

No robotics controller claims.

No deployment claims.

[ ] Design embodied-authority demo

[ ] Define scene-state schema

[ ] Define proposed-action schema

[ ] Define authority outcomes

[ ] Define trace artifact format

[ ] Define tamper-evidence checks

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# Phase 4 — Demo Scenarios

[ ] Authorized low-risk transition

[ ] Confirmation-required transition

[ ] Unsafe transition refusal

[ ] State-conflict refusal

[ ] Invalid authority smuggling

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# Phase 5 — Documentation

[ ] xAI packet

[ ] Tesla packet

[ ] Research memo

[ ] Demo evidence packet

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# Phase 6 — Outreach

[ ] xAI outreach draft

[ ] Technical reviewer draft

[ ] Objection handling

[ ] FAQ

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# Exit Criteria

Ready when:

[ ] Research complete

[ ] Demo complete

[ ] Evidence packet complete

[ ] Outreach package complete