About Russell Parrott and DAREB

I write independent explanatory material about AI accountability focused on one practical question: what can be proven after an automated decision is challenged.

My work treats accountability as an evidence problem rather than a policy statement or technical aspiration. It examines whether a specific outcome can be shown from records and evidence that already exist, whether that outcome can be linked to a named person or body with authority and whether the basis for the decision can still be demonstrated afterwards.

Russell Parrott

The centre of my work - DAREB

The centre of this work is DAREB: Decision, Authority, Record, Evidence and Basis. It is a simple test built around a single condition. For any one decision, either the full chain can be shown or it cannot.

The writing on this site explores the wider space around that condition through governance, responsibility, authority, records, evidence and accountability. It does not provide consulting, implementation advice, governance programmes or system design. It defines conditions that can later be examined independently after a real outcome has occurred.

The material is written in plain English and is intended to be readable by boards, regulators, insurers, lawyers, investigators, researchers and anyone trying to understand what accountability actually requires once explanations and assumptions fall away.

I live on a Greek island and work independently. Everything published here is designed to stand on its own without meetings, briefings, or follow-up services.

DAREB and related research material are publicly archived with DOI registration through Zenodo.