AUTONOMOUS SYSTEM ACTION EXPLANATION

Techniques are disclosed for a self-reflection layer of an autonomous system that improves trust and collaboration with a user by identifying actions of the autonomous system that may be unexpected to the user. In one example, an autonomous system determines actions for one or more tasks. A self-reflection unit generates a model of a behavior of the autonomous system. The self-reflection identifies, based on the model, one or more actions of the actions for the tasks that may be unexpected to the user. The self-reflection unit determines, based on the model, a context and a rationale for the actions. An explanation unit outputs, for display, an explanation for the actions comprising the context and the rationale for the actions to improve trust and collaboration with the user of the autonomous system.