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Human-AI collaboration pattern

One of four canonical patterns describing how humans and AI share work: augment (AI enhances human judgment), assist (AI supports but human decides), automate (AI executes with human oversight), arbitrate (AI adjudicates between human positions).

What this means in practice

Pattern selection drives role design, oversight depth, and training content.

Synonyms

human-AI operating pattern , collaboration mode

See also

  • Augment / assist / automate / arbitrate — Named collaboration patterns where AI respectively enhances human work (augment), supports human decisions (assist), executes bounded work under oversight (automate), or adjudicates between conflicting human inputs (arbitrate).
  • Role redesign — Explicit redefinition of jobs when AI shifts tasks between humans and systems — covering new accountabilities, required skills, oversight responsibilities, and performance metrics.
  • Human oversight (Art. 14) — Under Regulation (EU) 2024/1689, the provider-designed measures that allow natural persons to understand the capacities and limitations of a high-risk AI system, monitor its operation, and intervene or interrupt it.

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