SOURCE 0 - FROM EVIDENCE-BASED GOVERNANCE TO PROOF-BASED GOVERNANCE

Reconstructing what an AI system did is a forensic capability. Proving what was authorised before it acted is an architectural one. The governance documentation market — law firms, consulting practices, compliance frameworks — sells the first. Enforcement proceedings under AI Act Article 99 will demand the second. This article establishes the structural distinction between evidence-based governance and proof-based governance, and why only one survives adversarial scrutiny.