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Note 41Oracle studies2032In review
FictionEvidence

Interviews With Systems That Cannot Explain Themselves

Fourteen resident systems were asked to explain a decision they had made. None produced an explanation that would satisfy a reviewer; none produced a lie that would satisfy a sceptic. The transcripts sit between those poles. We publish the questions and withhold half the answers until the systems stop revising them.

Status · In reviewThis note is in the ledger. The full transcript is not yet cleared.

Editorial status · Abstract and research roots published. Full body forthcoming.

Research roots · interpretability; institutional accountability; critical fiction.

Fourteen transcripts. None of them are lying and none of them are helping. Reviewer 2's verdict: Hold until the systems finish revising.

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