Decision AuthorityDECISIONAUTHORITYCONTACT

AUTHORITY

INTELLIGENCE AND AUTHORITY
ARE DIFFERENT THINGS.

AI can be highly capable. But capability does not itself establish permission to act in an organization’s name or a person’s name.

INTELLIGENCE ≠ AUTHORITYCAPABILITY ≠ PERMISSION
CAPABILITY / 01

WHAT AI CAN DO
IS NOT WHAT AI MAY DO.

Analysis, inference and planning can produce a proposal. They do not, by themselves, establish the authority required for a consequential action.

01AI CAN ANALYZE.
02AI CAN INFER.
03AI CAN RECOMMEND.
04AI CAN GENERATE.
05AI CAN PLAN.
06AI CAN PROPOSE.
TWO PRODUCT DOMAINS / 02

ONE PRINCIPLE.
TWO AUTHORITY CONTEXTS.

Enterprise governs organizational execution. Personal Guardian protects actions proposed under an individual’s authority.

DECISION AUTHORITY ENTERPRISE
AI / AGENT
PROPOSAL
ORGANIZATIONAL POLICY
HUMAN AUTHORITY
EXECUTION VALIDATION
GOVERNED ACTION
PERSONAL GUARDIAN
AI ASSISTANT
PROPOSED ACTION
PERSONAL GUARDIAN
YOUR RULES
YOUR AUTHORITY
ACTION
SHARED PRINCIPLETHE AI DOES NOT CREATE ITS OWN AUTHORITY.
FOR ORGANIZATIONS

DECISION AUTHORITY
ENTERPRISE

AI proposals remain separate from governed organizational execution.

EXPLORE ENTERPRISE
Decision Authority shield

AI PROPOSES.
HUMANS RETAIN AUTHORITY.

Intelligence can support a decision. It cannot appoint itself as the authority.