The Cognitive Enterprise Project
The Constitution

Article VIII

Human Oversight

Judgment augments people; it never replaces accountability. Humans remain the final authority over consequential decisions, and cognition exists to make that authority better informed.

Oversight is not a checkbox at the end of a process. It is a standing right, exercised continuously, over every consequential act of organizational cognition.

Clauses

  1. §1Humans retain final authority over consequential decisions.
  2. §2Accountability may never be delegated to an automated process.
  3. §3Oversight must be practical, informed, and continuously available.