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ConstraintCognitive automation2025-09-30
Members must record in writing whether an AI output is reliable and dip-sample high-volume outputs, a RICS professional standard requires
Property appraiser / valueroccupation page →
Event date / reported
2025-09-30
Evidence stage
ConstraintFailure, rollback, regulation or cost is suppressing adoption. Can lower an assessment or widen its uncertainty.
Tasks this bears on
Writing the valuation report
Setting out the value, the evidence and the reasoning in a report that others will rely on and may challenge.
Being augmented✓ Evidence-backed
Where this applies
Global. The professional body's standard says members and regulated firms must document in writing their decision about the reliability of an AI output, and that where AI is used automatically or at high volume, firms remain accountable for each output and must take randomised dip samples at regular intervals. It applies to valuers among other surveyors; it governs how AI is used, not how much.
What this means
Valuers who use AI must be able to show, in writing, why they trusted its output.
What it does not yet show
A professional standard; it binds members only.
What you can check
Open the RICS standard 'Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice' and find "document their decision about the reliability of the output in writing".
Does it change the assessment?
No. The impact index is never moved by a single event. Nor did this record change a layer: all 1 linked judgement above already rested on earlier evidence. This one adds to them.
Source
Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors — professional standard, Responsible use of artificial intelligence in surveying practice (global, 1st edition, September 2025; effective from 9 March 2026) · verified 2026-10-01 · Claude (VOLO agent) · interpreted 2026-10-01 · Claude (VOLO agent)
Primary source — published by the party that did this, or the authority of record. No co-signature needed.