Governance · Concept
Verification-Time Dependency on a Disappearing Evaluator
Execution Governance constructs (decision-state commitment, independent verifiability, counterfactual auditability) for when model evaluators are retired or inaccessible.
Forecast horizon
Model retirement timelines under two years make post-hoc reconstruction a first-order governance failure mode.
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AI Evaluability Gap When evaluators disappear, post-hoc reconstruction assumptions fail, widening the evaluability/assurance gap.
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AI Evaluability Gap Short model-retirement intervals and version lock-in undermine assumptions that consequential AI decisions remain re-testable.
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AI Evaluability Gap When evaluators disappear, reconstructability of model-mediated decisions fails unless commitment and independent verifiability are designed in.
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Chain-of-Thought Monitoring: Answer Access vs Reasoning Verification Both show post-hoc oversight assumptions fail when monitors see answers or original evaluators disappear.
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EU AI Act timeline Aug 2025
EU AI Act obligations for general-purpose AI models applied from 2 Aug 2025; high-risk obligations under Annex III apply from 2 Aug 2026.
EU AI Act — implementation tracker → First binding treaty May 2026
The Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI — the first legally binding international AI treaty — opened for signature in Sep 2024; the EU ratified it on 15 May 2026.
Council of Europe → UN scientific panel Aug 2025
On 26 Aug 2025 the UN General Assembly created an Independent International Scientific Panel on AI (40 experts) and a Global Dialogue on AI Governance.
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