https://taxonomy.eticas.ai/risk/autonomy-agency
Maturity: emerging
The risk that an AI system undermines the capacity of the people who use or operate it to exercise judgement and control. This includes deference to automated outputs, miscalibrated trust, erosion of human skills, dependence that leaves people or organisations unable to function without the system, and human oversight that exists in form but cannot be exercised in practice.
This category is emerging. Assessment methods are still being developed. Definitions and subcategories may evolve.
Also known as: Autonomy & Agency · Autonomy & Human Agency · Human-AI Interaction
System type: ADM and LLM systems
Lifecycle stages: Post Processing
| Framework | Reference |
|---|---|
| EU AI Act (Regulation 2024/1689) | Article 14 — Human oversight |
| AIUC-1 — AI Underwriting Company Standard | Flag high-risk outputs for human review |
| ISO/IEC 42001:2023 — AI Management System | Human oversight (lifecycle controls) |
| Council of Europe Framework Convention on AI (CETS No. 225) | Articles 7–8 — Human agency and oversight (implied) |
| NIST AI 600-1 — Generative AI Risk Profile | Human-AI Configuration |
| NIST AI Risk Management Framework (AI 100-1) | GOVERN 3 — Human-AI configurations + MANAGE 1 risk-prioritised oversight |
| OECD AI Principles | Principle 1.2 — human agency and oversight |
| Framework | Reference |
|---|---|
| MIT AI Risk Repository | Human-Computer Interaction |
| W3C Data Privacy Vocabulary — AI Extension | Human Oversight |
| IBM AI Risk Atlas | Non-technical → Value alignment + Output → Anthropomorphisation |