There’s a difference between a system that has features and a system that can survive having them removed . Embraced AI was built around the latter. What follows isn’t a philosophy piece, a tutorial, or a roadmap. It’s a factual snapshot of an architectural choice that is uncommon, and increasingly necessary. A Spine, Not a Stack At the center of Embraced AI is a fixed, locked core . Not a framework. Not a collection of services. A spine. This spine governs: Authority Permiss