Trust by Design
Trust isn't a branding exercise, and it doesn't appear automatically when technology works. It has to be designed: through transparency, control, explainability, honest communication of uncertainty, human oversight and accessibility, so that people's trust matches what the system can actually do.
Trust by Design is the research foundation under this practice. I developed the framework through embedded research with more than 14 public sector AI implementation teams.
- ExplainabilityCan people understand what the system did and why?
- OverrideCan they question, stop or correct it?
- RecoverabilityCan they get back on track when it goes wrong?
- AccountabilityIs it clear who is responsible?