<ul><li>Traditional tools like Security Engineering, Trust & Safety, SRE, Compliance, and UX were not designed to protect system-level integrity from design onward.</li><li>Deterrent systems function emerges to identify new attack surfaces due to speed and volume, design friction to prevent fragility, and address emergent harms across AI, automation, and user interactions.</li><li>This function aims to make systems legible during failures or abuse, act as a bridge between Ops, Product, Security, and Design teams, and elevate infrastructure-level user trust as a measurable concern.</li><li>Deterrent systems work involves preventing cascading errors in AI systems, mapping vulnerability points in complex workflows, studying how automation affects compliance, and addressing long-tail systemic harms caused by fast-paced systems.</li></ul>

Deterrent Systems: An Emerging Function for Unstable Infrastructure

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