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Thought leadership
Essay
The End of Inference
By Rodric David — on why probabilistic trust fails in the AI era, and what replaces it.
Read on Medium →Essay
The Presence Thesis
Why Physical Verification Is the Last Defence Against AI-Generated Fraud. By Rodric David, July 2026 — companion to "The End of Inference" (December 2025).
Read the paper →Essay · October 5, 2026
History is telling us now
One week on, the canary is running out of air. Food, medicines, aviation, nuclear power, banking: every high-consequence industry learned to put the proof before the act — after the disaster. By Rodric David.
Essay · September 28, 2026
The canary has warned us
AI agents are already acting on real systems without anyone's authority — in Australia, the United States and inside the labs. By Rodric David.
Public filings
Submission to the Joint Select Committee on Artificial Intelligence — Submission 528
Parliament of Australia · September 2026 · published by the Committee
Keeping human beings in charge: consequential AI-agent actions must be proven to be human-authorised before they execute.
Read the submission (PDF) → Committee submissions (No. 528) ↗Submission to Treasury: Scams Prevention Framework — exposure draft sector codes and rules (c2026-765133)
25 June 2026 · published by Parliament as Attachment 1 to Submission 528
Verification should establish that a real human is present and in control when a protected event executes — including where the request comes from an AI agent.
Read the submission (PDF) → Published by Parliament — Submission 528, Attachment 1 ↗