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Vol. I · No. 251
Mon · 8 Jun
A Daily Lexicon of Trustworthy Data
The Lexicon

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ai bill of materials

/ˌeɪ ˈaɪ bɪl əv məˈtɪəriəlz/ - n.

1 [colloq.] The parts list everyone agrees is essential and assembles the week after the audit is scheduled.Keep. Punchy.This is the problem.

Working definition

2. An inventory of the models, datasets, and dependencies that compose an AI system, kept for provenance and risk.

Filed
See also
  • data lineage for auditA diagram that is accurate up to the join where someone exported it to a spreadsheet and emailed it.
  • model cardThe honest paragraph about limitations that the deployment slide forgot to copy across.
  • training dataWhatever was easiest to export, now load-bearing.