Scientific Definition
When the agent acts, who's responsible?
Plain-English Definition
When the agent acts, who's responsible?
Feynman Explanation
'The algorithm did it' is not a legal defense.
Core Principle
When the agent acts, who's responsible?
Mechanisms
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
'The algorithm did it' is not a legal defense.
Examples
- Autonomous trading. Autonomous customer commitments.
- Liability frameworks lagging deployment.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Map liability before deploying. Insurance. Audit trails.
Measurement Approaches
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Evidence
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The Perverse Incentive Lens™
How this behavior is exploited — and how to redesign around it.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
Auto-linked to the rest of the Human Behavior Taxonomy by family, domain, dimension, and shared keywords.
Categorizing AI use cases by risk level.
Systematic skew in model behavior across groups.
Testing model behavior on hypothetical alternate inputs.
Adding noise to data to protect individual privacy.
Quantitative measures of model behavior across groups.
Training models across devices without centralizing data.
Bypassing model safety constraints.
Individual speed gains hide collective quality decline.
Malicious instructions hidden in user input or retrieved content.
Adversarial testing of AI systems.
Foundational skills erode through AI offloading.
Concentration risk on a single AI provider.