SI Investigation Board™: Independent, No-Blame Investigation of Incidents Involving AI Systems and Robots, in which Recorders Are Sealed at the Event, Credentialed Investigators Are Drawn by Lot Free of Conflict, Causes Are Established by Replay on the Twin in Force at the Time, Findings Are Kept Separate from Blame and Liability, and Every Safety Recommendation Is Published and Tracked to Closure in the Registry

Inventor(s)

• Edward D. H. Wang, SI OrganizationFollow

Abstract

This disclosure describes an independent body and method for investigating incidents involving AI systems and robots. A declared class of incident, such as an injury, a failure to stop, a site-wide event, a large unauthorised action by an agent, or a pattern of near misses, opens an investigation automatically through the registry. The recorders of every system involved are sealed together for the incident window on a common time base, and the registry trail, sensor readings and twin versions in force are preserved. Investigators hold credentials from accredited investigation bodies, are drawn by verifiable lot from those qualified and free of conflict with the parties, and have access to sealed records under declared rules. Causes are established by replaying the sealed windows on the twins in force at the time and testing hypotheses on those twins. Findings state causes and contributing factors, including those in design, skills, supply chain, oversight and rules, and are kept separate from blame and liability: they are not used to assign fault, and statements given to investigators are protected. Every finding leads to safety recommendations, each addressed to a named party, published, and tracked in the registry to closure. A fix is rehearsed on the affected twins before it is accepted, and an overdue recommendation is shown on the addressee's public status. Interim safety notices may be issued at once when a hazard is found. Reports are published at a resolution that protects personal data.

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Recommended Citation

Wang, Edward D. H., "SI Investigation Board™: Independent, No-Blame Investigation of Incidents Involving AI Systems and Robots, in which Recorders Are Sealed at the Event, Credentialed Investigators Are Drawn by Lot Free of Conflict, Causes Are Established by Replay on the Twin in Force at the Time, Findings Are Kept Separate from Blame and Liability, and Every Safety Recommendation Is Published and Tracked to Closure in the Registry", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12970