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Apply a policy at its edge

Decide a case the written policy did not anticipate by reading its stated purpose, then report the gap upward.

Starting level
Comfortable with the basics
Time
22 minutes
Public lesson guide
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You will learn to

Decide an unanticipated case from the policy's stated purpose and send the gap back to whoever owns it.

Why this matters

Edge cases are where a policy is really written — quietly, by whoever answered first.

Three things to remember

  • Decide the edge case from the policy's stated purpose.
  • Report the gap you had to fill, with the case that found it.
  • Say which clause you used and what it does not cover.

See one example

Task

A weapons-instruction policy meets a question about an industrial accident.

Try the judgement yourself

Both answers respond to the task above. One of them does the job better. Which, and why?

Make something yourself

Take a rule you follow at work or in a group. Write one case it does not decide, what its purpose says to do, and the sentence you would add to close the gap.

A useful starting pointFour parts: the rule, the uncovered case, the purpose, and the sentence you propose.

Read further

The source is optional. The complete teaching and practice are available inside AI2Bharat.

Read the primary or official source: Anthropic Responsible Scaling Policy