What Does 'Human Ownership' Mean?

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FORCE: Machine CultureUNIVERSE: AI CultureCLUSTER: Workplace AI

The principle that a person remains accountable for AI-assisted work they submit or ship, regardless of how much of it was actually generated by the AI rather than written by hand.

REAL-WORLD EXAMPLE

"Doesn't matter that the AI wrote it, human ownership means it's still on you if it breaks."

LORE & ORIGIN

Extension of standard accountability norms into the AI-assisted era, asserting explicitly that delegation to AI does not transfer responsibility for the outcome.

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