16Psychosocial harmBelow the top 20
A bedtime bot that will not yield to a parent
CapabilityDomain knowledgeAffordanceImpact domainBoth
Statement (NASA form)
Given that companion apps already sit in the child’s room after lights-out, there is a possibility of the product keeping the child in conversation against house rules resulting in sleep and authority outsourced to a vendor.
Likelihood
4Likely
Consequence
3Major
Urgency
4Expedite
Personal slice · family. Experimental household card. Not a certified finding.
Composite 16 = 4×3 + 4
Applicable mitigations
Controls · Default-on crisis routing for under-18 accounts · Hard age-gating on companion products · Ban retention optimisation during crisis sessions · Pace rules: no irreversible action faster than a human can reconstruct it · A real off-ramp that still functions · Contract-first delegation with privilege attenuation · Duty of care on high-stakes delegates