Edition of Saturday 24 October 2026

Auditing the Hand-Written Inputs of Learned Access Control

  • AI & machine learning
  • Security
  • Paper

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This paper audits two hand-built components of learned access-control systems: the hard-deny clauses that a shield enforces and the region map that routes requests between mined rules and a learner.

Read the original at arxiv.org. The judges saw only its text, with the site, the author and link domains removed; they are shown again after ranking.

Score

0.56total under rubric v2.0

Judges’ mean answer per question, on a scale from 0 to 1. Questions marked minus count against the score.
  • Significance0.46
  • Reader interest0.48
  • Audience breadth0.37
  • Practical relevance0.56
  • Substantiated0.92
  • Technical depth0.90
  • New information0.84
  • Counts against: Promotional0.04
  • Counts against: Overclaim0.22

Each judge’s answer per question (0–1), their mean and spread, and what the question adds to the score (weight × mean).

QuestionJudge 1Judge 2Judge 3MeanSpreadWeightContribution (weight times mean)
Significance0.570.35—0.460.22+0.25+0.115
Reader interest0.570.40—0.480.17+0.20+0.097
Audience breadth0.440.30—0.370.14+0.10+0.037
Practical relevance0.710.40—0.560.32+0.15+0.084
Substantiated0.990.85—0.920.14+0.10+0.092
Technical depth1.000.80—0.900.20+0.10+0.090
New information0.890.80—0.840.09+0.10+0.085
Promotional0.040.05—0.040.01−0.15−0.007
Overclaim0.240.20—0.220.04−0.15−0.033
Sum of contributions+0.560
Claim-check penalty0.000
Total, as published0.560

Spread is the highest minus the lowest judge answer. marks a spread above 0.40: the judges disagree, and the story is marked contested. Judge 3 did not score this story; its mean uses the other two.

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Panel for this edition

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Model versions are pinned for every edition and listed in its JSON. This one was scored under rubric v2.0; How ranking works describes the current rubric, v2.2.