AINeutralarXiv – CS AI · 2h ago7/10
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Intelligence as Managed Autonomy: Failure, Escalation, and Governance for Agentic AI Systems
Researchers propose the SMARt framework, a four-layer autonomous AI system architecture that manages failures through formal escalation protocols rather than relying solely on model improvements. The framework enables AI agents to detect uncertainty, suspend operations, attempt recovery, and surrender control when reliability diminishes, addressing the fundamental architectural vulnerability of unbounded autonomy in deployed agentic systems.