K Fails His Baseline

After evidence unsettles K’s programmed identity, he can no longer recite the LAPD baseline test within tolerance, so his superiors mark him noncompliant and order his retirement.

The baseline test monitors deployed replicants for deviation, but treats emerging autonomy as a fault punishable by retirement, exposing the tension between control and welfare.

The test is a coercive interrogation of a humanlike bioengineered agent, not a validated model-monitoring method.