Examples
Worked examples
- Is an instance
A frontier-model deployment safety case structured in GSN with claims about capability evaluation, misuse safeguards, and monitoring.
- Is an instance
A medical-AI safety case integrating with the device's overall regulatory safety case.
Counter-examples
Looks similar, but isn't
- Not an instance
A model card alone.
- Not an instance
A marketing claim of safety without structured argument or evidence.
Editorial commentary
AI safety cases adapt the Goal Structuring Notation or similar frameworks to AI-specific arguments: that the model's capabilities are bounded, that its failure modes are understood, that monitoring will detect new issues. Clymer et al. (2024) and UK AI Safety Institute working notes have advanced the concept particularly for frontier systems.
References
- Clymer et al., 'Safety Cases: How to Justify the Safety of Advanced AI Systems' (arXiv 2024); UK AI Safety Institute publications.
Also known as
AI safety case argument
Machine-readable encodings
Use in your systems
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