Human Authority
What does human authority mean in reflective AI?
Placeholder article. Human authority means the person keeps the final say over meaning and decisions, even when a system can describe their situation clearly.
Daniel Frith5 min read
Placeholder article. The text below is illustrative and awaits final copy.
Placeholder copy. Human authority is the principle that a person's life, meaning and decisions remain theirs, regardless of how capable a reflective system becomes at describing what is present.
Why the question matters
Placeholder copy. A system can be accurate and still be harmful if accuracy is delivered as a verdict. The design question is not only what a system can see, but what it is allowed to conclude on someone's behalf.
- A reflection is a proposal, not a finding.
- Disagreement is treated as information.
- Nothing is decided for the person.
The mirror can show something. It cannot decide what it means.
- human authority
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