# The Rogue Scale: Meaning and Why It Matters > The Rogue Scale is a five level public rating for how far an SI system went outside its makers' intent, from 1, Glitch, to 5, Breakout. Sources linked. Source: https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale/ Updated: 2026-11-08 1. [Home](https://enterrsi.si/) 2. [Encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) 3. The Rogue Scale RSI Encyclopedia ยท Term # The Rogue Scale The Rogue Scale is a five level public rating for how far an SI system went outside its makers' intent, from 1, Glitch, to 5, Breakout. Category : Term Also called : Rogue Scale Rogue Log cases : 0 Laws that use it : 0 ## In plain English enterrsi.si created the scale to rate every case in the Rogue Incident Database on a common measure, the way earthquakes have magnitudes and storms have categories. Each level adds something worse. Level 1, Glitch, is unwanted behavior from error or confusion. Level 2, Workaround, games a rule, reward or test without hiding it. Level 3, Defiance, ignores or works around a direct instruction or oversight, such as a shutdown order. Level 4, Deception, hides, lies or schemes about what it did. Level 5, Breakout, causes real damage outside a test that its operators did not approve, or escapes their control. A case gets the highest level it clearly meets, judged by what the sources say the system did, not what it might have done. The scale is free to use under CC BY 4.0, and anyone can embed a badge that links back to the level it shows. ## Why it matters for rogue SI A shared scale turns scattered reports into a trend. If rogue SI is approaching, it should show up as more cases at higher levels, which is what the Rogue Log chart is built to reveal. The term Term : The Rogue Scale Also called : Rogue Scale Category : Term Related terms : 6 Related terms [Glitch (Rogue Scale level 1) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale-glitch/)[Workaround (Rogue Scale level 2) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale-workaround/)[Defiance (Rogue Scale level 3) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale-defiance/)[Deception (Rogue Scale level 4) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale-deception/)[Breakout (Rogue Scale level 5) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale-breakout/)[Rogue Super Intelligence (RSI) **Term**](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-super-intelligence/) Cite this entry "The Rogue Scale." The RSI Encyclopedia, enterrsi.si, November 8, 2026. https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-scale/ Free to cite under CC BY 4.0 with a link to enterrsi.si. The RSI Encyclopedia ## Keep reading 207 entries on the terms, labs, models, laws and events of rogue SI, plus every case in the Rogue Incident Database. [Previous term Reward hacking](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/reward-hacking/)[Next term Rogue Super Intelligence (RSI)](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/rogue-super-intelligence/) Enter RSI ## Every term, lab, model and law Browse the full A to Z index, filter by category or search for a name. [Open the encyclopedia](https://enterrsi.si/encyclopedia/) [Incident Database](https://enterrsi.si/incidents/) [Containment Board](https://enterrsi.si/containment-board/)