Thought this was a brilliant idea from Blair Enns – and he’s made it available on a Creative Commons 4.0 license so I’ll use it for my posts going forward.
The author uses this scale to disclose their use of AI in the creation of a written piece of work.
AI for spelling, grammar, and dictation is allowed at all levels.
The highest applicable level governs the entire piece.
At all levels the author takes responsibility for the finished work.
AI-0 = Human
No AI was used in creating the piece.
AI-1 = AI Researched
Written entirely by the author, with AI contributing research. AI might be used after the fact for proofreading and formatting, or identifying awkward passages without suggesting corrective language. No substantive AI-generated language was retained unless cited.
AI-2 = AI Assisted
Ideas and argument are the author’s. AI used as an editor or thought partner: challenging an argument, suggesting alternatives, researching facts, finding examples, or reshaping sentence structure or wording on complex topics. The author still writes substantially all of the final prose.
AI-3 = Human/AI Collaboration
Human and AI both contributed materially. The author originated/directed the ideas and argument, but AI drafted or rewrote some passages that survived substantially into the finished piece.
AI-4 = AI Drafted
The author provided the idea, argument, source material, direction, and editorial judgment, but AI produced most of the initial prose. The author then substantially edited and verified the finished work.
AI-5 = AI Generated
AI generated essentially the entire piece from a prompt or instructions, with only light human editing or approval.
The AI Contribution Scale by Blair Enns / Win Without Pitching is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
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