Choose a field to explore a hypothetical workflow for each category. The examples illustrate the distinctions; the declaration should reflect what actually happened in your work.
Five categories in practice
Writing
Stories, poems, books and adaptations. Look at who develops the concept and the language that reaches the reader.
Hypothetical workflow · Story text
A story written and edited by people
Human-createdHuman writing and editing
A writer develops and drafts a story, then works with a human editor. AI spelling checks correct errors without rewriting the story’s voice or content.
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Sources
The writer’s original ideas, notes and draft; any quotations or existing material are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
The writer develops the story and language. The human editor helps refine structure and expression.
Production
People write and edit the finished text. Routine AI proofreading corrects spelling errors.
Review and approval
The writer reviews the edits and approves the final text; the editor completes the agreed editorial checks.
Why this fits
The creative ideas and expression come from people. Collaboration and routine proofreading are compatible with Human-created.
What could change it?
Retaining AI rewrites that contribute style, voice or narrative material could move the text into Human-led creation, depending on the direction and shaping.
Hypothetical workflow · Story text
AI editorial revisions under a writer’s direction
Human-led creationHuman story and direction · AI-assisted revisions
A writer establishes the plot, characters and draft. AI proposes tighter versions of selected paragraphs; the writer revises and combines them to fit the established voice.
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Sources
The writer’s original story, draft and editorial instructions.
Creative direction and development
The writer sets the narrative direction and substantially shapes the retained revisions.
Production
The final text combines human-written language with selected and reworked AI proposals.
Review and approval
The writer checks meaning, continuity and voice, and approves the final text.
Why this fits
AI contributes expressive wording, while people establish the direction and substantially shape the result.
What could change it?
If repeated AI proposals also reshape the story’s central concept and structure, Shared creative development may fit better.
Hypothetical workflow · Story text
A story that changes through repeated development
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI story development
A writer and AI repeatedly propose, test and revise an idea. Their exchanges change the premise, narrative structure and final language.
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Sources
The writer’s starting idea, human notes and AI proposals developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both the story’s concept and its expression.
Production
The writer assembles and revises human-written passages and generated passages into the finished story.
Review and approval
The writer checks the completed story and approves the final version.
Why this fits
Both concept and expression change through repeated development. Shared does not imply equal or measurable shares.
What could change it?
If the writer’s concept stays fixed and AI only supplies material within that direction, Human-led creation may be clearer.
Hypothetical workflow · Story text
An AI-originated story substantially edited by a writer
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated story · substantive human editing
AI proposes the premise, characters, structure and first draft. A writer selects one version and substantially rewrites scenes while retaining its central concept.
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Sources
A short human brief and the AI-originated outline and draft; model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and material. The writer makes substantive choices about scenes, language and pacing.
Production
The finished story contains generated material and substantial human revisions.
Review and approval
The writer checks the whole text and approves the edited version.
Why this fits
Human editing matters, but the main creative concept and material were established by AI.
What could change it?
A human reconstruction of the central premise and structure could support Human-led creation; repeated joint redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Story text
A story generated from a short brief
AI-generatedGenerated story · minimal human changes
A person gives AI a short genre and length brief, then accepts the resulting story after correcting a typographical error.
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Sources
The person’s brief and the generated draft; model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the story’s characters, structure and language from the brief.
Production
AI produces the finished creative text, with minimal subsequent human changes.
Review and approval
The person reads and approves the selected story.
Why this fits
A human brief and approval can be present while AI produces the creative content with minimal shaping.
What could change it?
Substantial human rewriting could support AI-led, human-shaped. Establishing and substantially shaping a detailed human creative direction could support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Journalism
Reporting, features and editorial writing. Separate the origins of evidence from the development of the published text.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
A reported feature written by a journalist
Human-createdHuman reporting, writing and editing
A journalist interviews sources, examines records and writes a feature. A human editor revises it; AI transcribes recordings and checks spelling without composing the article.
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Sources
Interview recordings, named records, the journalist’s notes and draft. Source identities and permissions are handled under the publication’s policies.
Creative direction and development
The journalist establishes the angle and develops the article’s structure and expression with the editor.
Production
People write and edit the published text. AI carries out transcription and routine proofreading.
Review and approval
The journalist checks quotations against recordings; the editor completes editorial checks and approves publication.
Why this fits
The reporting choices and published expression come from people. Faithful transcription and proofreading provide technical assistance.
What could change it?
Retaining AI-written framing or paragraphs could call for Human-led creation or another category, depending on who develops the angle and text.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
A feature with AI-assisted paragraph rewriting
Human-led creationHuman reporting and angle · AI-assisted wording
A journalist establishes the angle from their reporting and writes a draft. AI rewrites selected passages for clarity; the journalist substantially edits the retained wording.
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Sources
The journalist’s interviews, records, notes and original draft.
Creative direction and development
The journalist sets the angle, argument and structure, and controls the expressive choices in the finished article.
Production
The text combines human writing with retained, substantially shaped AI wording.
Review and approval
The journalist checks every retained claim and quotation against sources; the editor reviews and approves the article.
Why this fits
People lead the article’s development while AI contributes expression retained in the text.
What could change it?
If repeated AI suggestions reshape both the article’s angle and expression, Shared creative development may be a better account.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
A feature whose angle and expression develop together
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI editorial development
A journalist brings verified reporting to an iterative process. Human judgement and AI proposals repeatedly change the feature’s angle, structure and wording.
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Sources
The journalist’s verified source material, notes and the proposals developed during the editorial process.
Creative direction and development
Human and AI contributions repeatedly reshape the organising idea and its expression. The journalist retains responsibility for source checks.
Production
The finished article combines human-written material, generated proposals and further human revisions.
Review and approval
The journalist checks the evidence and quotations; the editor reviews and approves the final article.
Why this fits
Repeated development changes both concept and expression. It does not transfer responsibility for accurate reporting to AI.
What could change it?
AI only polishing a fixed, human-established angle would usually suggest Human-led creation if expressive wording is retained.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
An AI-originated editorial draft reworked by a journalist
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated framing · human checking and editing
Given a supplied set of records, AI proposes the main angle, outline and draft. A journalist substantially edits it and checks it against the records while retaining the AI-established framing.
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Sources
The identified records supplied to AI and the resulting outline and draft; model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the angle and text structure. The journalist makes substantive revisions and selections.
Production
The published text is adapted from the generated draft through substantial human editing.
Review and approval
The journalist verifies the retained claims and quotations; the editor reviews and approves the final text.
Why this fits
Checking and substantive editing do not by themselves make an AI-established angle human-led.
What could change it?
A journalist who replaces the central angle and rebuilds the article’s direction may support Human-led creation, depending on the whole process.
Hypothetical workflow · Summary text
A generated summary of a supplied public statement
AI-generatedGenerated summary · minimal human shaping
A person supplies a public statement and asks AI for a short summary. They check it against the statement and accept it without substantive changes.
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Sources
The identified public statement supplied to AI. This source is separate from unknown model training material.
Creative direction and development
AI determines the summary’s selection, structure and wording within the brief.
Production
AI generates the summary text with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Review and approval
The person checks the summary against the statement and approves it under the publication’s editorial process.
Why this fits
The source material and checking are human activities, while AI produces the summary’s creative expression.
What could change it?
Substantive human restructuring and rewriting could support AI-led, human-shaped; a detailed human-established structure may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Academic & research
Research articles, essays and explanations. These examples describe the production of text, rather than assigning credit for research findings.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
A research article written by its researchers
Human-createdHuman research writing and editing
Researchers develop their argument from their work and write the article. Human colleagues edit it; AI spelling and reference-format checks preserve the text’s argument and expression.
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Sources
The identified research records, data, references and researchers’ draft. The methods and analysis have their own account.
Creative direction and development
The researchers establish the argument, structure and language with human collaborators.
Production
People write and revise the article. AI supplies routine proofreading and formatting checks.
Review and approval
The researchers check the references and text, and approve the submission under the applicable publication process.
Why this fits
The intellectual direction and written expression come from people. Routine checking does not require a separate creative category.
What could change it?
Retained AI-written explanations or arguments would require reassessment of the text’s category and the relevant publication disclosures.
Hypothetical workflow · Article text
AI-assisted expression of a human-developed argument
Human-led creationHuman argument and structure · AI-assisted expression
Researchers establish the argument and article structure. AI suggests rewrites of selected explanations; the researchers substantially revise those suggestions for precision and meaning.
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Sources
The researchers’ findings, outline, draft explanations and identified references.
Creative direction and development
The researchers set the argument and expressive direction and substantially shape the retained wording.
Production
The article combines human writing with selected and revised generated explanations.
Review and approval
The researchers check the meaning, evidence and citations and approve the final text under the applicable policies.
Why this fits
AI contributes written expression, while people establish and substantially shape the argument and article.
What could change it?
Repeated AI proposals that reshape the central argument as well as the text may support Shared creative development. That category still does not establish research validity.
Hypothetical workflow · Essay text
An essay whose thesis develops through human–AI exchanges
Shared creative developmentRepeated development of thesis and expression
A researcher develops a conceptual essay through repeated exchanges with AI. Human contributions and AI proposals change the thesis, organisation and written explanations.
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Sources
The researcher’s starting questions, identified literature and the proposals developed during the exchanges.
Creative direction and development
Both the conceptual argument and its expression are repeatedly reshaped by human contributions and AI proposals.
Production
The researcher assembles and revises human-written passages and generated passages.
Review and approval
The researcher checks the argument and references and approves the essay under the relevant institutional or publication policies.
Why this fits
Repeated development changes both concept and expression. This is a process declaration rather than an authorship allocation.
What could change it?
If AI only rewords explanations within an unchanged human thesis and structure, Human-led creation may fit better.
Hypothetical workflow · Explanatory text
An AI-originated explanation substantially revised by a researcher
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated explanation · substantive human revision
AI proposes the main organising argument and draft from supplied literature. A researcher checks and substantially revises the explanation while retaining its central AI-established structure.
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Sources
The identified literature supplied to AI and the generated outline and draft. Model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the organising concept and material. The researcher makes substantive selections and revisions.
Production
The final explanation is adapted from generated text with substantial human changes.
Review and approval
The researcher checks every retained claim and reference and approves the final text under the applicable policies.
Why this fits
Substantive scholarly checking and editing do not erase the AI origin of the main organising concept.
What could change it?
Rebuilding the central argument and structure under human direction could support Human-led creation; repeated redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Explanatory text
A generated explanation from a topic brief
AI-generatedGenerated explanation · minimal human shaping
A person asks AI for a short explanation of a topic, checks it and accepts it with minimal changes. The example is assessed as text production, independently of where it might be used.
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Sources
The topic brief and any supplied references, identified separately from unknown model training sources.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the explanation’s structure, examples and language within the brief.
Production
AI produces the creative text, with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Review and approval
The person checks the explanation and sources and approves the selected text. Any intended academic use needs its own policy check.
Why this fits
Checking and approval do not amount to creative leadership when AI develops and writes the explanation.
What could change it?
Substantial human rewriting could support AI-led, human-shaped. A human-established argument and substantial shaping may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Music & audio
Songs, scores, recordings and spoken performances. Distinguish the composition from how it is performed and recorded.
Hypothetical workflow · Composition and recorded performance
A human recording with technical AI mixing
Human-createdHuman composition and performance · technical processing
Musicians write, perform and record a song, and set its intended sound. AI balances levels, applies straightforward equalisation and reduces noise without generating new musical material or performance.
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Sources
The musicians’ original composition and recorded tracks; identify any samples or other source recordings separately.
Creative direction and development
People establish the composition, arrangement, performance and intended expressive sound.
Production
People record the performance. AI applies technical processing that preserves those choices.
Review and approval
The musicians and producer listen to the final mix, complete their agreed checks and approve the recording.
Why this fits
The creative material and performance are human-made. Technical mixing can preserve Human-created without an inventory of routine tools.
What could change it?
Generated instrumental parts, vocals or substantive reinterpretation of the arrangement or performance would need another category for the relevant component.
Hypothetical workflow · Recorded performance
A human-written song rendered and shaped with AI
Human-led creationHuman score and performance direction · AI rendering
A musician writes the lyrics and melody and specifies the arrangement and expressive direction. AI renders performances; the musician selects passages, changes phrasing and substantially shapes the recording.
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Sources
The musician’s original lyrics, melody, score and performance instructions. Any supplied reference recordings are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
The musician establishes and develops the arrangement and intended performance, substantially shaping the rendered result.
Production
AI generates vocal or instrumental performances that the musician selects, edits and combines.
Review and approval
The musician checks the performance against the score and intended expression and approves the recording.
Why this fits
The performance contains generated expression, while human direction and substantial shaping remain clear. The songwriting can have a separate Human-created declaration.
What could change it?
If AI proposals repeatedly reshape the composition as well as the performance, Shared creative development may fit. Minimal direction and acceptance need reassessment.
Hypothetical workflow · Composition and recording
A composition reshaped through repeated exchanges
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI musical development
A musician brings a motif to an iterative process. Human changes and generated musical proposals repeatedly alter the composition, arrangement and performed expression.
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Sources
The musician’s starting motif and recorded ideas, plus generated proposals developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape the musical concept and its expression.
Production
The musician combines human performances, generated parts and further edits into the recording.
Review and approval
The musician and producer review the score and recording and approve the final work.
Why this fits
The concept and expression both change through repeated development. This does not imply a measured human–AI split.
What could change it?
If AI only renders a fixed, human-developed score under detailed direction and substantive shaping, Human-led creation may fit better for the performance.
Hypothetical workflow · Composition and recording
An AI-originated track substantially rearranged by a musician
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated music · human rearrangement
AI proposes the main melody, harmonic structure and recorded material. A musician changes sections, rewrites parts and substantially edits the track while retaining its main musical concept.
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Sources
A human brief and the generated composition and stems; any additional human parts are identified.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the musical concept and material. The musician makes substantive arrangement and expressive changes.
Production
The recording combines generated material, human alterations and any newly recorded human parts.
Review and approval
The musician and producer check and approve the completed arrangement and recording.
Why this fits
Substantive human shaping is present, while most of the originating musical concept and material come from AI.
What could change it?
A human reconstruction of the musical direction could support Human-led creation. Repeated redevelopment of concept and expression could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Spoken performance
Synthetic narration accepted with minimal changes
AI-generatedHuman source text · generated spoken performance
A person supplies a human-written script to a synthetic voice system, selects a preset voice and accepts the narration after trimming silence. The source text is declared separately.
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Sources
The identified human-written script and any supplied voice reference. Model training sources are not known; permission to use a voice is a separate question.
Creative direction and development
The human script supplies the words. The system produces the spoken expression with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Production
AI renders the narration; the person makes only minor technical trims.
Review and approval
The person checks the narration against the script and approves the selected performance.
Why this fits
Human-written words and a generated performance have different histories. Minimal acceptance and technical trims do not establish human performance leadership.
What could change it?
Detailed human performance direction and substantial shaping of phrasing, pacing and expression may support Human-led creation. This boundary can be uncertain.
Five categories in practice
Illustration
Editorial images, comics and picture books. Consider composition, visual expression, rendering and the material retained in the image.
Hypothetical workflow · Illustration
A digitally drawn picture-book illustration
Human-createdHuman drawing, art direction and colouring
An illustrator develops the composition and draws on a tablet, working with a human artistic editor and colourist. Routine digital cleanup removes stray marks without changing the intended expression.
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Sources
The illustrator’s original sketches, the identified human-written text and any reference material.
Creative direction and development
The illustrator develops the composition and expression with the human artistic editor and colourist.
Production
People draw and colour the image using ordinary digital tools. Technical cleanup preserves the intended artwork.
Review and approval
The illustrator, artistic editor and colourist check their respective work; the illustrator approves the final image.
Why this fits
All creative ideas and expression come from people. Human-created can include collaborators and routine technical processing.
What could change it?
Retaining generated imagery or AI reinterpretations of the composition or expressive colour could call for a different category.
Hypothetical workflow · Illustration
An illustration rendered from human sketches
Human-led creationHuman sketches and art direction · AI-assisted rendering
An illustrator supplies original character sketches, composition and colour direction. AI renders elements; the illustrator repeatedly edits and combines them to realise the intended image.
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Sources
The illustrator’s original sketches, composition studies and identified references.
Creative direction and development
The illustrator establishes the composition and visual expression and substantially shapes the finished result.
Production
AI renders elements that the illustrator selects, redraws, combines and edits.
Review and approval
The illustrator and art editor review the final image; the illustrator approves the agreed version.
Why this fits
Human creative direction remains clear, while generated expression is retained in the finished illustration.
What could change it?
If generated proposals substantially reshape both the concept and expression through repeated development, Shared creative development may fit better.
Hypothetical workflow · Illustration
An image whose idea and style develop together
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI visual development
An illustrator starts with a theme rather than a settled image. Human drawings and AI proposals repeatedly change the visual idea, composition and expressive treatment.
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Sources
The illustrator’s starting theme, drawings and the generated proposals developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both concept and visual expression.
Production
The illustrator combines generated imagery with human drawing, colouring and revision.
Review and approval
The illustrator checks the assembled artwork and approves the final image.
Why this fits
The process changes both what the image expresses and how it expresses it. Shared is a relationship, not a percentage.
What could change it?
If the illustrator’s concept and composition stay fixed and AI renders within that direction, Human-led creation may be a clearer description.
Hypothetical workflow · Illustration
A generated visual concept reworked by an illustrator
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated visual concept · human reworking
AI proposes the central visual idea, composition and imagery. An illustrator selects a proposal, redraws substantial areas and changes the palette while retaining the main concept.
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Sources
A human brief, generated proposals and any identified human references used in reworking.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and material. The illustrator makes substantive visual choices and adaptations.
Production
Generated imagery is combined with substantial human redrawing and colour changes.
Review and approval
The illustrator and art editor review the image; the illustrator approves the finished version.
Why this fits
Substantive human expression is added, but the central idea, composition and starting material were established by AI.
What could change it?
A new human-established composition and expressive direction could support Human-led creation. Repeated redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Illustration
An illustration generated from a brief
AI-generatedGenerated illustration · minimal human changes
A person asks AI for an illustration from a short subject and style brief, selects one image and accepts it after a minor crop.
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Sources
The human brief and any explicitly supplied references, separate from unknown model training sources.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the composition and visual expression within the brief.
Production
AI produces the image; the person makes a minor crop without substantive expressive changes.
Review and approval
The person checks and approves the selected image.
Why this fits
A brief, selection and approval can accompany generated creative content with minimal human shaping.
What could change it?
Substantial human reworking could support AI-led, human-shaped. A detailed human composition and substantive shaping may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Photography
Photographs, image edits and composites. Describe what was captured with a camera and what was generated or materially transformed.
A photographer chooses the scene, framing, lighting and exposure and captures the image. AI removes sensor dust and reduces noise while preserving the scene and intended expression.
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Sources
The photographer’s original camera capture, with the shoot and source file identified.
Creative direction and development
The photographer establishes the scene, composition and intended photographic expression.
Production
The photographer captures and processes the photograph. AI carries out technical correction without generating expressive scene elements.
Review and approval
The photographer compares the processed image with the capture and approves the final version.
Why this fits
Human choices establish the photograph. Technical correction can preserve that human-created process.
What could change it?
Generated objects, backgrounds or expressive reinterpretation retained in the image could require another category and a clearer account of what changed.
Hypothetical workflow · Composite image
A human-directed composite with generated elements
Human-led creationHuman photograph and composition · generated additions
A photographer plans a composite, captures the main subject and specifies the arrangement. AI generates background elements; the photographer substantially edits and combines them.
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Sources
The photographer’s captured source image, composition plan and any other supplied references.
Creative direction and development
The photographer establishes the composite’s concept and composition and substantially shapes its visual expression.
Production
The finished image combines captured photography, generated elements and human retouching.
Review and approval
The photographer checks the composite and approves it; the accompanying declaration identifies the generated additions.
Why this fits
The image includes generated expression, with clear human direction and substantial shaping. It is described as a composite rather than unaltered capture.
What could change it?
If AI proposals repeatedly reshape the central visual concept and expression, Shared creative development may fit better.
Hypothetical workflow · Photo-based artwork
A photo-based artwork developed through repeated proposals
Shared creative developmentCaptured source · repeated human–AI image development
A photographer uses their own capture as a starting point. Human edits and AI transformations repeatedly change the work’s theme, composition and visual expression.
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Sources
The photographer’s identified original capture and generated transformations developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both the artwork’s concept and its expression.
Production
The photographer combines captured details, generated material and human edits into a photo-based artwork.
Review and approval
The photographer reviews the finished artwork and approves its declaration as a transformed work.
Why this fits
The supplied photograph explains the origin, while repeated redevelopment explains the shared process. It is not presented as a documentary capture.
What could change it?
If a fixed human concept guides generated changes and substantial human shaping, Human-led creation may fit better.
Hypothetical workflow · Generated composite image
An AI-originated scene substantially reworked by a photographer
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated scene · substantive human image editing
AI establishes the scene, composition and starting image. A photographer combines it with captured textures, changes major details and substantially edits the result while retaining the main scene concept.
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Sources
The generated starting image and the photographer’s identified captured textures. Model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the visual concept and material. The photographer makes substantive selections and expressive edits.
Production
Generated imagery, captured textures and human edits form the finished composite.
Review and approval
The photographer reviews and approves the composite, identifying its generated origin.
Why this fits
Substantive human editing is present, while the main scene and creative structure originate with AI.
What could change it?
A human reconstruction of the composition and concept could support Human-led creation, depending on the actual process.
Hypothetical workflow · Generated image
A photograph-like image generated from a brief
AI-generatedGenerated image · no camera capture
A person requests a photograph-like image of an imagined scene and accepts the result with minimal changes. No camera photograph of that scene is supplied.
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Sources
The person’s brief; no captured scene image is supplied. Model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the depicted scene, composition and visual expression.
Production
AI generates the image with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Review and approval
The person checks and approves the selected image, describing it as generated.
Why this fits
AI produces the creative image from a brief. A photographic appearance does not establish that the scene was photographed.
What could change it?
Substantive human reworking could support AI-led, human-shaped. Supplied human composition and substantial direction may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Fine art & sculpture
Paintings, sculpture and installations, including digital studies and models. Separate a design’s development from the making of the physical object.
Hypothetical workflow · Sculptural design and object
A sculpture designed and made by people
Human-createdHuman concept, modelling and making
An artist develops drawings and a digital model, then works with human fabricators to make the sculpture. Ordinary modelling tools and technical mesh repair preserve the intended form.
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Sources
The artist’s original drawings, studies and model; any existing references are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
The artist develops the concept, form and material choices with human collaborators.
Production
People model and fabricate the object. Digital tooling and technical repair do not supply new expressive forms.
Review and approval
The artist and fabricators check the model and physical object; the artist approves the final work.
Why this fits
Human-created can involve digital tools and collaborative making. The expressive concept and form come from people.
What could change it?
Retaining generated sculptural forms or AI-developed expressive material would call for assessment of the design and any affected components.
Hypothetical workflow · Sculptural design
A human-designed sculptural form rendered with AI
Human-led creationHuman studies and form direction · AI-generated model elements
An artist establishes the sculptural concept and supplies drawings and spatial studies. AI generates model elements; the artist substantially reshapes and combines them to realise the intended form.
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Sources
The artist’s original drawings, spatial studies and identified material references.
Creative direction and development
The artist establishes and develops the concept and form and substantially shapes the generated elements.
Production
The digital design combines generated geometry and human modelling. Any physical fabrication is declared separately.
Review and approval
The artist reviews the model against their studies and approves the design.
Why this fits
Generated expression enters the design, while human creative direction and substantial shaping remain clear.
What could change it?
If repeated AI proposals reshape both the concept and form, Shared creative development may better describe the design.
Hypothetical workflow · Installation design
An installation concept developed through repeated exchanges
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI concept and form development
An artist begins with a broad theme. Human studies and AI proposals repeatedly change the installation’s central idea, spatial arrangement and expressive forms.
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Sources
The artist’s theme and studies, site information and generated proposals developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape the installation concept and its spatial expression.
Production
The artist develops a final design from human studies, generated models and further revisions. Fabrication has a separate account.
Review and approval
The artist reviews and approves the installation design; physical production and safety checks belong to the particular installation.
Why this fits
Both concept and expression change through repeated development. The declaration covers the design rather than assuming how the installation was made.
What could change it?
AI supplying form studies within a settled human concept and substantial human shaping may instead support Human-led creation.
Hypothetical workflow · Sculptural design
An AI-originated sculptural design reworked by an artist
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated form · substantive human modelling
AI proposes the main sculptural concept and model. An artist changes the silhouette, proportions and surface treatment substantially while retaining the central generated idea.
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Sources
The brief and generated concept model, plus any identified human studies used in revision.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and form. The artist makes substantive expressive adaptations.
Production
The artist remodels the generated design digitally. The making of any physical object is declared separately.
Review and approval
The artist checks and approves the revised digital design.
Why this fits
The main creative concept begins with AI, while subsequent human modelling makes substantive changes.
What could change it?
A human reconstruction of the concept and form could support Human-led creation. Repeated joint redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Digital sculptural design
A generated sculptural study accepted from a brief
AI-generatedGenerated sculptural study · minimal human shaping
A person gives AI a short theme and asks for a sculptural study. They accept a generated model with minimal changes. No physical sculpture is assessed in this example.
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Sources
The person’s brief and generated model; model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes the sculptural concept and expressive form within the brief.
Production
AI produces the digital design, with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Review and approval
The person reviews and approves the selected design. Any later fabrication requires its own account.
Why this fits
AI generates the creative design. This category does not describe the craftsmanship or production of a future physical object.
What could change it?
Substantial human remodelling could support AI-led, human-shaped. Human-developed form studies and substantial shaping may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Design & craft
Graphic identities, layouts, products, textiles and crafted objects. Look at who establishes the concept, form and expressive choices.
Hypothetical workflow · Visual identity
A visual identity developed by a human design team
Human-createdHuman concept, graphic design and refinement
Designers establish a visual identity, draw the graphics and set typography and colour. AI checks file formats and removes accidental export artefacts without changing the design.
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Sources
The client’s brief, the designers’ original studies and any identified licensed fonts or source assets.
Creative direction and development
The human team develops the identity’s concept, graphic forms and expressive choices.
Production
People draw and assemble the finished assets. AI supplies routine technical checks and cleanup.
Review and approval
The design team checks the assets and the commissioning person approves the agreed identity.
Why this fits
The concept and expression are human-developed. Routine technical checking is compatible with Human-created.
What could change it?
Generated graphic forms, imagery or expressive layouts retained in the identity would need reassessment.
Hypothetical workflow · Textile pattern design
A human-directed textile pattern with generated motifs
Human-led creationHuman pattern direction · generated and edited motifs
A designer establishes the pattern concept, repeat structure and palette. AI generates motifs from that direction; the designer redraws and combines them into the finished pattern.
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Sources
The designer’s original studies, repeat plan and identified references.
Creative direction and development
The designer establishes the concept and visual structure and substantially shapes the motifs and repeat.
Production
Generated motifs are combined with human drawing and layout. Textile manufacture is declared separately.
Review and approval
The designer checks the repeat and visual result and approves the pattern design.
Why this fits
AI contributes retained expressive motifs within a human-established and substantially shaped design.
What could change it?
Repeated AI proposals that change the core pattern idea and expressive structure could support Shared creative development.
Hypothetical workflow · Product design
A product form developed through repeated proposals
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI concept and form development
A designer and AI repeatedly explore forms for a product. Human studies and AI proposals change the product’s central concept, silhouette and visual expression.
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Sources
The design brief, human sketches, identified functional constraints and generated proposals.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both concept and expressive form.
Production
The designer develops the final design using human modelling, generated studies and further revisions. Engineering and manufacture have separate records.
Review and approval
The designer reviews and approves the expressive design; suitability and production checks are recorded separately.
Why this fits
Both concept and expression develop through repeated exchanges. The declaration is about design rather than certifying the product.
What could change it?
AI generating details within a fixed human concept and substantial human shaping could support Human-led creation.
Hypothetical workflow · Graphic design
An AI-originated graphic concept developed by a designer
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated graphic concept · human development
AI establishes the main visual concept and layout. A designer redraws forms, adjusts typography and substantially refines the composition while retaining its central idea.
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Sources
The brief, generated proposals and any identified fonts or human source assets used in refinement.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and starting material. The designer makes substantive expressive decisions and edits.
Production
The final design combines generated starting material with human drawing and layout revisions.
Review and approval
The designer checks the assets and the commissioning person approves the final design.
Why this fits
Substantive human design work follows an AI-established concept and structure.
What could change it?
A designer replacing the main concept and rebuilding the visual direction could support Human-led creation, depending on the actual process.
Hypothetical workflow · Graphic asset
A graphic generated and accepted from a brief
AI-generatedGenerated graphic · minimal human shaping
A person gives AI a short brief for a graphic and accepts one proposal after resizing the exported file.
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Sources
The human brief and generated proposals; supplied references are identified separately from unknown training sources.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the graphic concept, composition and visual expression.
Production
AI produces the asset. The person makes a technical size adjustment with minimal expressive change.
Review and approval
The person checks and approves the selected asset. Source rights and suitability for use are separate questions.
Why this fits
AI produces the creative material, while the brief, selection and export adjustment provide minimal subsequent shaping.
What could change it?
Substantial human redrawing or layout changes could support AI-led, human-shaped. Human-established composition and substantial direction may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Film & animation
Film, animation and short video. Describe the creative direction and production of each sequence and the decisions made in editing.
Hypothetical workflow · Film sequence
A film written, filmed and edited by people
Human-createdHuman script, direction, performance and editing
A human team writes a scene, performs it, films it and edits the sequence. AI stabilisation and noise reduction preserve the intended footage and sound.
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Sources
The team’s script, original footage and recordings; existing clips, music or other assets are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
People establish and develop the scene, direction, performance and edit.
Production
People film and assemble the sequence. AI supplies routine technical stabilisation and noise reduction.
Review and approval
The editor and director check the sequence and the responsible production team approves the final version.
Why this fits
Human contributors develop the creative concept and expression. Technical processing can preserve that category.
What could change it?
Retained generated shots, expressive effects or performances would need reassessment of the relevant components or sequence.
Hypothetical workflow · Animated sequence
Animation rendered from a human storyboard
Human-led creationHuman storyboard and direction · generated animation
An animator establishes the story, storyboard, character designs and timing. AI renders sequences; the animator selects, edits and substantially shapes motion and expression.
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Sources
The animator’s original storyboard, character designs, timing notes and any identified reference material.
Creative direction and development
The animator establishes and develops the sequence’s concept, composition and expressive movement.
Production
AI renders animation that the animator substantially edits and combines.
Review and approval
The animator and director review the sequence and approve the final animation.
Why this fits
Generated expression is retained, while people establish the direction and substantially shape the finished sequence.
What could change it?
Repeated generated proposals that reshape the story concept and its expression could support Shared creative development.
Hypothetical workflow · Film sequence
A short film developed through repeated human–AI proposals
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI story and screen development
A filmmaker begins with a theme. Human studies and generated script and visual proposals repeatedly change the short film’s premise, structure and screen expression.
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Sources
The filmmaker’s starting theme, human studies and generated proposals developed during the process.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both the film’s concept and its expression.
Production
The filmmaker combines generated sequences, human footage and editing into the finished work; sound components have their own accounts.
Review and approval
The filmmaker reviews the sequence and associated component declarations and approves the final version.
Why this fits
Both concept and expression change through repeated development. Shared does not imply equal contribution.
What could change it?
AI rendering within a settled human storyboard and substantial human shaping may instead support Human-led creation.
Hypothetical workflow · Film sequence
An AI-originated sequence substantially re-edited
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated screen concept · substantive human editing
AI proposes the main scene concept, shot structure and footage. A filmmaker changes shots, pacing and visual details substantially while retaining the central generated scene.
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Sources
A human brief, the generated shot plan and footage, plus any identified material added during editing.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and screen material. The filmmaker makes substantive editorial and expressive decisions.
Production
The finished sequence uses generated footage, human edits and any additional human material.
Review and approval
The filmmaker checks the sequence and approves the final version.
Why this fits
Substantial human editing follows an AI-established concept and body of screen material.
What could change it?
A filmmaker replacing the central scene and rebuilding its direction could support Human-led creation; repeated redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Video clip
A generated clip accepted from a short brief
AI-generatedGenerated clip · minimal human shaping
A person requests a short clip from a subject and style brief, then accepts the generated sequence after trimming its opening silence.
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Sources
The person’s brief and any supplied references; model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI develops the scene, motion and screen expression within the brief.
Production
AI generates the clip. The person makes only a minor technical trim.
Review and approval
The person checks and approves the selected sequence.
Why this fits
A brief and approval can accompany a generated sequence with minimal human creative shaping.
What could change it?
Substantial human restructuring could support AI-led, human-shaped. A human storyboard and substantial expressive shaping may support Human-led.
Five categories in practice
Digital & interactive
Interfaces, games and interactive experiences. Consider the concept, interaction design, expressive assets and implementation.
Hypothetical workflow · Interface and implementation
An interactive experience designed and built by people
Human-createdHuman interaction design and implementation
A human team develops the concept, interaction design and implementation. AI syntax checks and technical diagnostics identify errors without generating retained expressive material.
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Sources
The team’s original design studies and code, plus any identified libraries or source assets.
Creative direction and development
People establish the concept, interaction structure, visual expression and implementation choices.
Production
People build and revise the interface and code. AI provides technical diagnostics.
Review and approval
The team checks the experience and approves the agreed version. Accessibility and security checks have their own records.
Why this fits
Human contributors develop and make the work. Routine technical checking does not supply creative expression.
What could change it?
Retained generated code, interface designs or expressive assets may call for reassessment of the relevant component and what AI contributed.
Hypothetical workflow · Interface and implementation
A human-designed interface implemented with AI
Human-led creationHuman flows and visual direction · AI-assisted implementation
A designer and developer establish the interaction flows, layout and component behaviour. AI generates implementation material; the team substantially edits it to realise that design.
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Sources
The team’s original flows, layout studies and component specifications, plus identified source libraries.
Creative direction and development
People establish and develop the interaction and expressive direction and substantially shape the implementation.
Production
AI-generated implementation material is combined with human code and revisions.
Review and approval
The team reviews and checks the finished experience and approves the version; practical quality checks remain separate.
Why this fits
Generated material is retained within a clear human-established and substantially shaped direction.
What could change it?
Repeated AI proposals that change the underlying interaction concept and expression could support Shared creative development.
Hypothetical workflow · Game concept and implementation
An interactive game whose mechanics develop together
Shared creative developmentRepeated human–AI interaction development
A developer begins with a broad game idea. Human playtesting and AI proposals repeatedly change its core mechanics, interaction structure and expressive implementation.
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Sources
The developer’s starting idea, human prototypes and generated proposals. External code and assets are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
Human contributions and AI proposals repeatedly reshape both the interaction concept and its expression.
Production
The developer combines generated code, human implementation and further revisions; image and sound assets have their own accounts.
Review and approval
The developer checks and approves the finished version, recording component histories separately where needed.
Why this fits
Repeated development changes the core concept and implementation rather than only carrying out a settled specification.
What could change it?
AI implementing fixed human mechanics with substantial human shaping could support Human-led creation.
Hypothetical workflow · Interactive prototype
An AI-originated interactive prototype substantially revised
AI-led, human-shapedAI-originated interaction concept · human revision
AI proposes the main interaction idea, screen structure and prototype. A developer changes behaviour, rewrites substantial code and refines the visuals while retaining the central concept.
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Sources
A human brief and the generated design and prototype; source libraries and assets are identified separately.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes most of the concept and starting material. The developer makes substantive design and implementation changes.
Production
The prototype combines generated material with substantial human code and visual revisions.
Review and approval
The developer checks the prototype and approves the revised version. Functional, accessibility and security checks are separate assessments.
Why this fits
Human development is substantive, while the main interaction concept and starting material were established by AI.
What could change it?
Rebuilding the central interaction concept under human direction could support Human-led creation; repeated joint redevelopment could support Shared.
Hypothetical workflow · Interactive work
A small interactive work generated from a brief
AI-generatedGenerated concept and implementation · minimal human shaping
A person gives AI a short brief for a small interactive work. AI proposes the concept, layout and code; the person accepts it after a basic check and a title change.
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Sources
The human brief and generated output, plus any identifiable source dependencies. Model training sources are not known.
Creative direction and development
AI establishes the interaction concept, structure and expressive implementation within the brief.
Production
AI generates the work with minimal subsequent human shaping.
Review and approval
The person checks the selected result and approves it. Approval does not certify functionality, accessibility or security.
Why this fits
AI produces the concept and creative material from a brief. Minimal changes and approval do not establish human creative leadership.
What could change it?
Substantial human redesign could support AI-led, human-shaped. A human-established design and substantial shaping may support Human-led.