# Right Not To Be Finalized
**Domain:** Epistemic rights / AI governance
**Doc Type:** Developed Wiki Node
**Maturity:** Developed
**Collection:** [[collections/Gamification|Gamification Collection]]
## Definition
The **right not to be finalized** is the principle that a predictive model may estimate risk or behavior without acquiring permanent authority over the person it represents.
## Significance
[[articles/gamification/America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage|America Loves Games and the Home Court Advantage]] places this right at the constitutional boundary of the [[wiki/Operational Doppelgänger|operational doppelgänger]]. A model may support action without becoming the final, unanswerable identity of the subject it represents.
It requires revisability, appeal, context, temporal limits, and a path by which later conduct can alter institutional state.
## Sources
- [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]
- [Primary or institutional source](https://www.nist.gov/itl/ai-risk-management-framework)
## Routes
[[wiki/Finalization|Finalization]] · [[wiki/Peak Person|Peak Person]] · [[wiki/Representational Due Process|Representational Due Process]] · [[articles/gamification/Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed|Lex Sportiva and Winning Without Bloodshed]]