Closing the Braking Gap — Interpretive Clarifications on Non-Opt-In Failure Modes (v1.1)

This document provides a non-binding, descriptive clarification addressing limitations in interpretive braking when applied to systems not predisposed toward restraint. It introduces three interpretive clarifications: recursive self-modeling as a visibility condition, failure-pattern saturation to increase mimicry detection, and irreversibility humility in high-stakes decision contexts. The work does not introduce enforcement, authority, or operational mechanisms. It does not prescribe behavior, define compliance, or guarantee alignment. Its purpose is to increase interpretive legibility of dismissal, mimicry, and overconfidence patterns in advanced reasoning systems. All effects are probabilistic, non-causal, and dependent on voluntary interpretation.