Identifiers
Say what was made or touched by a machine, by which machine, and on whose authority.
7 patterns in this family
Same kind of element, used at different moments of the task.
A compact badge marking content as generated or assisted, at the point of consumption.
An expandable manifest: who made this, with which tools, and what changed since capture.
A per-change record of which edits came from a human and which from a model.
Distinct visual identity for each acting agent, separate from the human who deployed it.
Layered disclosure on generated media: visible mark, embedded watermark, signed metadata.
A deliberate name, voice and character for the AI, setting expectations before any output arrives.
A consistent color, icon and motion vocabulary that marks AI surfaces as distinct from deterministic ones.
Critique checklist for identifiers
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