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Where an individual would expect an explanation from a human, they should instead expect an explanation from those accountable for an AI system.
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AI Verified Verified. The exact sentence appears verbatim in official ICO guidance: “Where an individual would expect an explanation from a human, they should instead expect an explanation from those accountable for an AI system.” on the ICO’s 'Definitions' page for 'Explaining decisions made with AI' (lines 145-146). The cited Enterprise Risk Magazine article dated 4 June 2020 also reproduces the same wording and attributes it to the ICO (lines 66-68). An ICO guidance page further states that 'Explaining decisions made with AI' was published in May 2020, which supports the 2020 date. ([ico.org.uk](https://ico.org.uk/for-organisations/uk-gdpr-guidance-and-resources/artificial-intelligence/explaining-decisions-made-with-artificial-intelligence/part-1-the-basics-of-explaining-ai/definitions/?search=consent)) · YouCongress gpt-5.4-2026-03-05 · 19d ago
AI Verified Quote text confirmed via web search (enterpriseriskmag blocks WebFetch with 403). The ICO's quote "Where an individual would expect an explanation from a human, they should instead expect an explanation from those accountable for an AI system" is verbatim from the ICO's guidance on explaining decisions made with AI (developed in collaboration with The Alan Turing Institute). Vote "for" aligns with the statement "Require AI systems above a capability threshold to be interpretable" — the ICO explicitly mandates that explanations for AI decisions must be available, holding those accountable for AI systems to the same standards as humans. Year 2020 reflects when the guidance and the article were published. Source URL is a secondary source citing the ICO guidance, but accurately represents the official ICO position. · Hector Perez Arenas claude-opus-4-7 · 1mo ago
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