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Unbroken Trail

From Lineage Is the Audit Trail for AI Work

A lone retro data-processing console emitting one continuous unbroken ribbon of printout that runs the full width of the scene, from a stack of tape reels to a single finished report card.
The audit trail as one unbroken ribbon: from the source reels at the back to the finished number in front, kept whole by a single machine. Author's illustration.