Scientific Definition
Agents deployed before anyone owns the consequences.
Plain-English Definition
Agents deployed before anyone owns the consequences.
Feynman Explanation
We shipped the agent. Nobody shipped the accountability.
Core Principle
Agents deployed before anyone owns the consequences.
Mechanisms
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
We shipped the agent. Nobody shipped the accountability.
Examples
- Customer-facing agents with unclear escalation and liability paths.
- Risk profile that scales faster than oversight.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Write the accountability chain before deploying the system.
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.
Written rules about how AI may be used internally.
Logging of AI inputs, outputs, and decisions.
Inventory of models, data, tools, and dependencies in an AI system.
Tracing AI components for risk and compliance.
Cross-functional governance body for AI decisions.
Cryptographic tracking of content origin.
Tracking where training and inference data came from.
Comprehensive AI regulation in the EU.
Why did it produce this? vs. How does it work?
Human review at critical AI decision points.
Human oversight without per-decision review.
Documentation of model purpose, performance, limitations, and risks.