Abstract
This disclosure describes two forms of certified public-service agent that share one charter: an SI Officer, an AI agent that serves the public in the realm of AI agents and online services, and a Robot Officer, a robot that serves the public in streets, stations, parks and other public places. Each has three duties: to receive reports from anyone, to patrol, and to act as liaison to public authorities. Reports are received through an open window that issues a case number at once, accepts anonymous reports and publishes outcomes in summary. Patrol is confined to a declared and published scope of what is openly visible, such as public registry records, credentials, public behaviour of agents and, for a Robot Officer, public places along declared routes; it never extends to private content, covert observation or the identification of people by their biometric features. The officers' powers form a ladder that can only tighten: they may observe, record, warn, flag a credential as under review and place a temporary hold, but they may never delete, sanction, fine, revoke permanently or use force, and every hold expires automatically unless a named person confirms it within a declared time. Anyone affected receives a statement of reasons and may appeal to an independent human reviewer, and reversals are published. Matters are referred to the police or other public authorities only through a human gate: the officer assembles a sealed evidence package with its chain of custody, and a designated person decides whether to refer it, releasing data only under legal process or in an emergency threatening life, with every request and referral counted in a public transparency report. A Robot Officer carries no weapon, never uses force or restraint, never pursues a person, never blocks an exit or access path, signals its intentions, and can be stopped by anyone nearby. Each officer is bound to a named accountable person who can always stop it, is audited independently, carries a credential that anyone can verify, and has a public record. Any agent or robot that presents itself as an officer without a valid record is itself reported as an impostor. Each officer has a certified twin: a Robot Officer has its certified robot twin and a twin of the places it serves, and an SI Officer has an agent twin that replays its rules on recorded cases. Every change to an officer's scope, rules or thresholds is rehearsed on its twin, with the predicted effects, such as holds placed, false flags and appeals, recorded before the change and reconciled in public afterwards; an officer whose twin is stale may only observe, note and warn. The two forms work as a pair under a coordination layer, which routes cases between the AI realm and public places, dispatches the nearest Robot Officer to a reported place, can only tighten, plans only on current twins and is never in any stop path. The officers serve the public body or accredited operator that deploys them, on published equal terms, and may not be repurposed for political, commercial or private enforcement.
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Recommended Citation
Wang, Edward D. H., "SI Officer™ and Robot Officer™: Certified Public-Service Agents for the AI Realm and for Public Places, in which a Certified AI Agent and a Certified Robot Take Reports from Anyone, Patrol Only What Is Openly Visible, Hold Powers that Can Only Tighten and Expire unless a Person Confirms Them, Never Use Force, Refer Matters to Public Authorities Only through a Human Gate and Due Process, Answer to Named Accountable People, Can Always Be Stopped, Prove Their Own Authenticity to Anyone, Are Rehearsed on Certified Twins, Work as a Pair under a Coordination Layer that Can Only Tighten, and Publish What They Do", Technical Disclosure Commons, ()
https://www.tdcommons.org/dpubs_series/12971