PUB-11 · Controlled concept
Risk-Class Foreseeability
§7.5 p.69 · 10 September 2026
Definition
An inquiry into whether the relevant actor had, or reasonably should have had, notice of a sufficiently defined class of autonomous risk, rather than whether that actor predicted the exact command, target, vulnerability or causal pathway selected during operation.
This record preserves the term as a defined analytical concept in its originating publication. Its meaning is governed by the definition and boundary stated here and by the cited DOI publication.
Conceptual boundary
Does not make every consequence foreseeable because a system was autonomous. The risk class must be sufficiently precise and notice remains actor-specific.
Provenance
Introduced and defined in J-01 as a coordination of established foreseeability doctrine with autonomous-system risk. No materially equivalent earlier use of the complete expression was identified in the sources searched as of 14 September 2026.
- Classification
- Introduced terminology; new definition
- Earliest verified Causal Architectonics use
- J-01, §7.5 p.69
- Assessment date
- 14 September 2026
Publication and citation
J-01 · DOI publication
Artificial Agency Without Personhood
Recommended scholarly citation: Bjorn Bjornsvik, “Risk-Class Foreseeability,” in Artificial Agency Without Personhood, J-01 v1.0, §7.5 p.69 (2026), https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.22691215.
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Revision record
Version 1.0 · 15 September 2026
Initial public concept record. Definition, boundary and provenance approved under CA-TPL-001 Initial Baseline Approval Package v1.0.
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