System to establish trustworthiness of autonomous agent

A method for establishing trustworthiness of an autonomous agent, the method comprising:

• disposing a plurality of computing devices disposed in signal communication with one another via a network;
• at least one of the plurality of the computing devices being configured to serve as a host server for an autonomous agent trustworthiness establishing (AATE) application where the autonomous agent comprises a proxy for a human operator of hardware designed to operate remotely and without human control, the AATE application being configured to:
• define a micro-theory of trust elements,
• apply trust building patterns to the autonomous agent,
• provide a visualization of autonomous agent skill claims and constraints via the network,
• provide a recommendation tracking system for sharing and tracking a reputation of the autonomous agent during testing and deployment via the network and for providing review and reference information for the autonomous agent, and
• feed-back the review and reference information for autonomous agent improvement and to build human operator trust.

A computer program product comprising a non-transitory tangible storage medium readable by a processing circuit and on which instructions are stored for execution by the processing circuit for performing a method for establishing trustworthiness of an autonomous agent, the method comprising:

• disposing a plurality of computing devices disposed in signal communication with one another via a network;
• at least one of the plurality of the computing devices being configured to serve as a host server for an autonomous agent trustworthiness establishing (AATE) application where the autonomous agent comprises a proxy for a human operator of hardware designed to operate remotely and without human control, the AATE application being configured to:
• define a micro-theory of trust elements by generation of a robust foundational ontology supportive of model and goal sharing, the micro-theory of trust elements being usable to track assertions of competence and trustworthiness of the autonomous agent,
• apply trust building patterns to the autonomous agent by way of a web-services tool for attaching certificates to human-authored assertions of autonomous agent skills and capabilities,
• provide a visualization of autonomous agent skill claims and constraints on acceptable use contexts of the autonomous agent via the network,
• provide a recommendation tracking system for sharing and tracking a reputation of the autonomous agent during testing and deployment via the network, wherein the recommendation tracking system further provides pedigree, resume, review and reference information for the autonomous agent, and
• feed-back the review and reference information for autonomous agent improvement and to build human operator trust.