Scientific Definition
Inventory of models, data, tools, and dependencies in an AI system.
Plain-English Definition
Inventory of models, data, tools, and dependencies in an AI system.
Feynman Explanation
You can't govern what you can't list.
Core Principle
Inventory of models, data, tools, and dependencies in an AI system.
Mechanisms
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Inputs (Triggers)
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Outputs (Behaviors)
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Behavioral Signature
You can't govern what you can't list.
Examples
- Increasingly required by regulators and enterprise procurement.
- Supply chain transparency for AI systems.
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Famous Experiments
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Design Principles
- Maintain AI-BOMs. Update them. Use them for risk review.
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.
- Maintain AI-BOMs. Update them. Use them for risk review.
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Interactive Mini Network
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Knowledge Graph Neighbors
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Tracing AI components for risk and compliance.
Written rules about how AI may be used internally.
Logging of AI inputs, outputs, and decisions.
Cross-functional governance body for AI decisions.
Agents deployed before anyone owns the consequences.
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.