Socio-technical system
An AI system plus its data and organisational context.
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An integrated concept of AI deployments that combines algorithms, training and operational data, and the organisational processes and actors that develop, deploy and govern them; the report emphasises that impacts and risks must be assessed at this combined system level rather than treating algorithms in isolation.
A conception of AI that situates technical components within their human, organisational and environmental context, highlighting human oversight, organisational processes and interaction dynamics. The Roadmap uses this term to drive standards for human‑centred design, governance, and lifecycle considerations that go beyond purely technical specifications.
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