AI Intent Fidelity Theory (AIFT): Treating Prompts as Specifications for More Reliable AI Systems

Author: Binyam Tesfu

Affiliation: Independent Researcher

Research area: Prompt Engineering, AI Reliability, LLM Evaluation, and AI Systems Design

Paper type: Theoretical framework and proposed empirical evaluation

Version: 1.0

Abstract

Large language models can produce different outputs for instructions that appear similar, misunderstand implicit requirements, overlook constraints, or generate responses that satisfy the general intent of a request while violating important details.…