The Inigo Montoya Problem for Trustworthy AI

Australia, Canada, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States emphasize principles of accountability, explainability, fairness, privacy, security, and transparency in their high-level AI policy documents. But while the words are the same, these countries define each of these principles in slightly different ways that could have large impacts on interoperability and the formulation of international norms.

This creates, what is called the “Inigo Montoya problem” in trustworthy AI, inspired by “The Princess Bride” movie quote: “You keep using that word. I do not think it means what you think it means.”