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Ambiguity Budgets

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Explicit allowances for uncertainty that prevent premature automation or brittle enforcement.

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Explicit allowances for uncertainty that prevent premature automation or brittle enforcement. Ambiguity budgets reserve time, human review, or maintenance windows until context is sufficient.

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v1.1.0

Last updated

Jan 9, 2026

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. (2026). Ambiguity Budgets. Ethotechnics glossary. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/ambiguity-budgets

MLA

Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Ambiguity Budgets." Ethotechnics glossary, 2026, https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/ambiguity-budgets.

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Ethotechnics Institute Research Team. "Ambiguity Budgets." Ethotechnics glossary. Jan 9, 2026. https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/ambiguity-budgets.

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@misc{glossary_ambiguity-budgets,
  title={Ambiguity Budgets},
  author={Ethotechnics Institute Research Team},
  year={2026},
  howpublished={Ethotechnics glossary},
  url={https://ethotechnics.org/glossary/ambiguity-budgets},
  version={v1.1.0}
}

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  • Published: Dec 3, 2025
  • Last updated: Jan 9, 2026
  • Version: v1.1.0
  • DOI: Pending Zenodo deposit

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Changelog

  • v1.1.0 · 2026-01-09 — Expanded scholarly metadata, operational tests, and provenance notes.
  • v1.0.0 · 2025-12-03 — Initial glossary release with stable permalinks.