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Human-AI collaboration spectrum

The range of collaboration configurations from fully manual, through AI-assisted, to AI-delegated — with each configuration carrying different skill, trust, and governance requirements.

What this means in practice

Distinct from the agent autonomy spectrum because this frames the human's role, not the machine's.

Synonyms

collaboration spectrum , human-AI partnership spectrum

See also

  • Automation vs. augmentation — A strategic choice for each workflow between removing the human ("automation") and changing what the human does ("augmentation").
  • Role exposure score — A task-level measure of how much of a role's work is exposed to AI capability — computed by mapping role tasks to AI-capable task categories.
  • Agent autonomy spectrum — The continuum along which agentic AI systems operate — from single-turn assistance through tool-augmented reasoning to fully autonomous multi-step execution — typically described with named gradations (Level 0 through Level 5).

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