Past · present · destination
FASO is further than an idea and earlier than an institution.
Version 1 and the complete Test Rig exist. Governed system campaigns are active. Independent validation, institutional formation and any controlled pilot remain ahead.
One destination · nine stages
Where we have come from, where we are and where we need to be.
The journey combines technical, evidential and institutional development. No single track is allowed to stand in for the others.
Defined
The public-interest problem
Changing artificial-intelligence systems could not be understood adequately through isolated, non-replayable observations.
Defined
An observatory, not another regulator
FASO’s descriptive and neutrality-preserving role was separated from certification, command, advocacy and enforcement.
Established
Evidence before assertion
Authority, identity, custody, replay, certainty, audit and publication boundaries became design requirements.
Built
The proposition became working software
The integrated system demonstrated that the architecture could be implemented. This was build evidence, not independent validation.
Built
The full system became testable
Authorised evidence handling, multi-system comparison, retained outcomes and bounded state interpretation could be exercised through governed end-to-end runs.
Current
End-to-end assurance across time
Governed testing, fault evidence, separate repair and rerun continue alongside institutional and funding engagement.
Next gate
The system and institution pass out of FASO’s control
Independent specialists must be free to reject or qualify the technical proposition, organisational model, governance, legal options and candidate Frozen Core.
Conditional
A researched governance model is tested in practice
Only positive evidence and separate authority can support legal formation and a controlled pilot with appointed functions, scope and stopping conditions.
Destination
Durable public-interest observation
FASO operates, publishes and develops under independent governance, continuous review and bounded public accountability.
Behind us
Problem, doctrine, architecture and Version 1 build.
The core proposition has been translated into a governed system and complete Test Rig.
Current horizon
System campaigns and institutional engagement.
Phase 0 is producing internal evidence, correcting demonstrated faults and seeking independent challenge and funding.
Ahead
Dual validation, organisation, pilot and conditional operation.
The system and the proposed institution must both survive independent challenge before FASO can become operational.
The two paths now converge
The system must prove itself. The institution must take responsible form.
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