Meaningful Human Choice
Meaningful Human Choice is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
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Human Agency
Failures in meaningful human choice can expose people to identity fraud, unauthorised decisions, coerced data use, loss of access, unfair exclusion, surveillance and diminished human agency.
8 canonical Subtopics in this Topic.
Autonomy Preservation
Autonomy Preservation is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Coercion Detection
Coercion Detection is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Manipulative Interface Prevention
Manipulative Interface Prevention is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Right to Refuse Automation
Right to Refuse Automation is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Human Override
Human Override is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Agency Under Cognitive Vulnerability
Agency Under Cognitive Vulnerability is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Agency Measurement
Agency Measurement is the study and design of how people establish, exercise, verify, delegate, constrain, revoke and recover control within human agency.
Stories from Human Agency
Scenario narratives — not empirical findings.
Meaningful Human Choice
The ward was not short of data. It was short of quiet moments in which somebody could decide what the data meant. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in meaningful human choice, especially where
Read the full story →Autonomy Preservation
The first customer did not ask Nala for more features. They asked what would happen when the system was wrong. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in autonomy preservation, especially where ident
Read the full story →Coercion Detection
At the remote site, a plausible alert could stop production, while a missed alert could put a life at risk. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in coercion detection, especially where identity, c
Read the full story →Manipulative Interface Prevention
The first customer did not ask Melissa for more features. They asked what would happen when the system was wrong. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in manipulative interface prevention, especia
Read the full story →Right to Refuse Automation
The demonstration succeeded inside the test range. The real question was whether it would remain dependable after communications, weather and command assumptions changed. Current digital and institutional systems show ma
Read the full story →Human Override
“Tell me what changed,” the interviewer said. Aroha paused. “First, tell me what you measured.” Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in human override, especially where identity, consent, access o
Read the full story →Agency Under Cognitive Vulnerability
“It works,” one person said. “For whom, for how long, and compared with what?” Melissa replied. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in agency under cognitive vulnerability, especially where ident
Read the full story →Agency Measurement
By the third lesson, Jamal could see which students the new support helped and which students had simply learned to hide their confusion. Current digital and institutional systems show material gaps in agency measurement
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