Is Human-over-the-loop legally binding?

Q: Is Human-over-the-loop legally binding?

Human-over-the-loop is guidance in Singapore. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it. Human involvement model in which the user plays a supervisory role, with the ability to take over when the AI encounters unexpected scenarios, e.g. GPS map navigations.

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Human-over-the-loop

Is this legally binding?

Guidance. Voluntary guidance. Best practice, not obligation, until a contract or a regulator cites it.

Human involvement model in which the user plays a supervisory role, with the ability to take over when the AI encounters unexpected scenarios, e.g. GPS map navigations.

From the source
“Human-over-the-loop: User plays a supervisory role, with the ability to take over when the AI encounters unexpected scenarios, e.g. GPS map navigations.”
Level of Human Involvement (Compendium Vol 2), p.4

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What this connects to

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SectionArea 2: Determining the Level of Human Involvement in AI-augmented Decision-makingGuidance

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ObligationDetermine the appropriate degree of human involvementGuidance
Design framework options for determining human involvement

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