The reason why RAW and RAI are there is because writing rules is an artistic endeavour
And just like with art or music what you produce may not be what you wanted to produce
So sometimes you want your rules to do XYZ. But either due to small errors, incompetence or lack of perspective you instead produce XYC.
the latter is RAW: the actual product
the former is RAI: What we suppose the writer wanted to write.
Let's take an example: A very lethal damage system in a game with long chargen. RAI would usually be that it's not supposed to be that lethal.
Sometimes you ask the writer and it turns out that RAW and RAI are the same: they managed what they wanted to do (they intended for the lethality to be high)
sometimes RAW =/= RAI, but your RAI isn't their intent. (they didn't want that level of lethality, they wanted it to be
even more lethal)
The only thing we can talk about objectively is RAW. How to interpret it is something everyone has to decide for themselves
Or take another example: In SR 5e microtransmitter are undetectable.
Micro-transceiver: This classic short-range com-
municator has been favored by professional operatives
since the 2050s. It doesn’t do anything special, it just
lets you communicate by voice with other micro-trans-
ceivers and commlinks that you (and the other person)
choose, within a kilometer. The micro-transceiver con-
sists of an ear bud and an adhesive subvocal micro-
phone (p. 439), both of which are commonly available
in hard-to-spot designs.
Wireless: The micro-transceiver’s range becomes
worldwide.
With wireless off it can still communicate within one kilometer, without you being able to detect it at all.
You can't jam it because Noise only affects things connected to the matrix.
And there's no known way to block it because there's no specific way to block all waves.
RAW it is the best way to create IEDs. Just pack it somewhere and send a short tone if you want it to blow. And since you can be 1 km away they have no idea where you are.
RAI you'd likely assume that enough noise to remove wireless functionality would make it not work.