Emergence vs. technical/institutional safety: Lal's development as an emergent positronic lifeform exposes unpredictable technological fragility and triggers institutional risk-response (Haftel invoking M‑5 precedent). The story traces the tension betw...

Emergence vs. technical/institutional safety: Lal's development as an emergent positronic lifeform exposes unpredictable technological fragility and triggers institutional risk-response (Haftel invoking M‑5 precedent). The story traces the tension between encouraging emergent intelligence and containing perceived technological hazard.