Governed autonomy, and how to stop it

Autonomy is set lane by lane, new behavior runs in shadow first, and you can brake one lane or the whole fleet.

What governed autonomy means

Autonomy is set per lane, not for the whole system. Each lane has a scope: which systems it may touch, what it may change, which moves need a person. New behavior runs in shadow first, with a date by which someone keeps it or kills it. Consequential actions pass a coherence check first. You can brake one lane or the whole fleet.

Switching it off

You name who may switch it off; on the first steps that is the decision owner and IT. Autonomy is set per lane, and new automation runs in shadow first: it records what it would have done and does nothing outside, with a decision date and a kill switch. You can brake one lane or the whole fleet. Every approval is logged, so you can see what it did.

Autonomy control, by category

• What the category typically offers: Frameworks offer a human-in-the-loop hook; automation is on or off per flow.
• What OCTOPUS does: Autonomy is set per lane. New behavior runs in shadow first, with a decision date and a kill switch. Brake the whole fleet or one lane.
• Question to ask any vendor: Show the autonomy setting for one lane and the kill switch for one new behavior.