Recoverability
The degree to which a system's state can be restored after an action, distinct from reversibility, which asks whether the action itself can be undone. A deleted database can be recoverable from backup while the deletion, the downtime, and the fact it happened remain irreversible; score the action a human would need to stop, not the eventual patch-up.
Defined in 2 GAGE programs, which carry 2 distinct definitions of it. The wording above is taught in AI Governance: Applied Mastery.
How each discipline defines it
The same term does different work depending on who is using it. These are the definitions as each program teaches them, unedited.
The degree to which a system's state can be restored after an action, distinct from reversibility, which asks whether the action itself can be undone. A deleted database can be recoverable from backup while the deletion, the downtime, and the fact it happened remain irreversible; score the action a human would need to stop, not the eventual patch-up.
The degree to which a professional can survive an AI misuse incident with their career intact, scored against five factors: stakes, duty, disclosure/candor, repetition, and harm to others.
Where it is taught
The exact lessons this term appears in. The first 7 topics of every program are free with a free account.
- AI Misuse as Career-Limiting Behavior: Reputation Stakes · AI in the Workplace and Team Leadership, AI Literacy & Professional Conduct
- The oversight pattern: human-in-the-loop, on-the-loop, and out-of-the-loop, chosen per task with reasons · Agents Under Command, AI Governance: Applied Mastery
Terms it appears with
Not an alphabetical neighbourhood: these are the terms taught in the same lessons, ranked by how often they appear together.