arXiv:2608.07474cs.AIcs.CY2026-08

用流量分级机制绕过内容判断,解决AI高速输出下的监管难题。

Flow-by-Flow:Content-Judgment Bypass for Governing AI Output in High-Loss Domains

  • 通过可计量的认知成本分,按流量计费而非审查内容
  • 在30年模拟中90.8%情况下能维持监管不超载
  • 适合高并发、低容错的AI治理场景,如专利审查

以往研究指出,当AI输出速度V超过人类认知容量C_max时,人工监督在高损失领域将无法持续。但实际约束是V×L,其中L为每项任务的认知负载(筛选、判断、响应)。三者对能力提升反应不同:筛选成本不变(因通用设计存在语义模糊性),响应成本恒定,仅判断成本随漏判下降。因此能力提升只是重构了L,而非降低它。我们证明:若V×L以正复合速率增长,而监督能力线性增长,则超限将在有限时间内发生;投入资源仅能带来对数级延缓,而降低增长速率可实现双曲式延长。监督强化与流量控制并非同质手段。提出Flow-by-Flow治理设计,不评估内容、意图或合法性,仅根据形式化可计数特征计算认知成本分,对流量扩张施加累积成本,并以机构容量上限限定处理量。四个设计不变性定义合法超限路径:无内容判断、无可扩展消耗人力、应用身份绑定摩擦、禁止批量清关。专利系统中的超额申请费与页面费仅满足前两项。一个满足全部四项的参考实现被提出。蒙特卡洛分析显示,在1000次参数抽样下,90.8%情况在30年内仍保持分析推导的排序有效性。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Prior work showed that human-in-the-loop oversight becomes structurally untenable in high-loss domains once AI output velocity V exceeds human cognitive capacity C_max. The operative constraint, however, is V x L, where L is per-item cognitive load: triage, judgment, and response. These components respond asymmetrically to capability improvement. Triage cost does not decline, because semantic indeterminacy is inherent in general-purpose design. Response cost is invariant to accuracy. Only judgment cost faces downward pressure, largely by inducing omission. Capability improvement therefore restructures L rather than reducing it. We prove a proposition: if V x L grows at any positive compound rate while supervisory capacity grows linearly, exceedance occurs in finite time; capacity investment buys time only logarithmically, while reducing the growth rate extends it hyperbolically. Supervision enhancement and flow control are therefore not remedies of the same kind. We propose Flow-by-Flow, a governance design that prices supervisory load without evaluating content, intent, or legitimacy. A cognitive cost score built from formal, countable features imposes compounding costs on volume expansion, and an institutional capacity cap fixes processing within C_max. Four design invariants characterize any admissible exceedance pathway: no content judgment, no scalable consumption of examiner capacity, identity-bound per-application friction, and no batch clearance. Excess claim and page fees in patent systems are precursors satisfying only the first two invariants. One reference implementation satisfying all four is presented. A Monte Carlo analysis across 1,000 parameter draws confirms that the analytically derived ordering survives the 30-year horizon in 90.8% of trials.

AI治理流量控制认知负荷专利系统

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