HATI-EBM Reference Build Specification A Technical Manual for Constructing Local Sovereign AI Node

1.1 Purpose This document defines the minimum technical requirements for a system to correctly implement the HATI-EBM (Human-Aligned Technical Infrastructure — Energy-Based Model) architecture as a Local Sovereign Node. It specifies mandatory hardware properties, software constraints, verification procedures, and known failure modes. The purpose is threefold: to enable competent builders to construct compliant systems, to prevent unsafe or misleading implementations, and to preserve the architectural integrity of continuous, physics-based safety enforcement. 1.2 Intended Audience This specification is intended for computer builders, systems integrators, research laboratories, and independent practitioners constructing local AI inference systems with embedded safety governance. Readers are assumed to be technically competent in systems architecture, memory hierarchies, and inference pipelines.