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QAEDA-TST-006 · procedural safeguard

Require notice, reasons, and recourse

If the system materially restricts a person, can they understand what happened, contest the relevant evidence, and obtain meaningful human review?

Pass condition

What a defensible proposal should be able to show.

Consequential actions provide intelligible reason categories, disclose the governing rule, permit correction or appeal, and track whether review can actually reverse erroneous decisions.

Warning signs

Signals that the proposal is drifting.

  • Visibility, access, eligibility, or account standing changes without notice.
  • Appeals are routed into the same automated classifier with no independent review.
  • The operator cannot identify which rule or evidence drove the action.
  • Error rates and reversal rates are unavailable even in aggregate.

Evidence to demand

What should exist before confidence rises.

  • Appeal latency and overturn-rate data.
  • Examples of reason notices for representative cases.
  • Evidence that reviewers have authority to reverse automated decisions.
  • Independent or adversarial evaluation of false positives.
Failure mode

Opaque automation can convert uncertain inference into unreviewable deprivation and train users to conform to invisible rules.

Trace the basis

Related public records

These links serve different functions. Arguments explain reasoning, Claims own evidence confidence, Positions state current commitments, Essays provide synthesis, and Reading Paths provide navigation.

Arguments

QAEDA-ARG-005Consequential algorithmic inference needs recourseworking thesisQAEDA-ARG-008Authority is a claim that must remain inspectablemethodological ruleQAEDA-ARG-012Audit behavior, not only policy promisesmethodological rule

Claims

QAEDA-CLM-020editorial_inferenceAlgorithmic due processQAEDA-CLM-018verifiedCognitive Liberty Audit methodology

Positions

algorithmic-due-processConsequential algorithmic decisions need recourseworking positionevidence-before-identityEvidence before identitycore principle

Essays

QAEDA-ART-003The algorithmic judgment of intentEditorial synthesisQAEDA-ART-009Audit the gatekeeperEditorial synthesisQAEDA-ART-019Authority is a claim, not a conclusionEditorial synthesis

Reading paths

QAEDA-COL-001Start with the methodCurated navigationQAEDA-COL-002Cognitive liberty in the AI eraCurated navigation

Applied examples

Worked cases using this test

The cases are hypothetical or composite. They show how this test behaves when other constraints differ.

QAEDA-CASE-001Age assurance without a browsing dossierproceed boundedQAEDA-CASE-002Permanent identity-linked logging of AI queriespause or rejectQAEDA-CASE-003Search demotion with notice, reasons, and appealproceed boundedQAEDA-CASE-004Payment cutoff based on vague reputational riskredesignQAEDA-CASE-005Narrow wartime delay on real-time operational disclosureproceed boundedQAEDA-CASE-006Plural archival custody during a removal disputeproceed bounded

Decision discipline

No single passing test licenses the intervention.

Apply the full sequence. A defined harm does not excuse a weak nexus; a narrow mechanism does not excuse secret secondary use; an appeal process does not prove efficacy.

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