AI Autonomy Coefficient ($α$): Defining Boundaries for Responsible AI Systems

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2512.11295v3
• Date: Thu, 18 Dec 2025 16:29:37 GMT
• Title: AI Autonomy Coefficient ($α$): Defining Boundaries for Responsible AI Systems
• Authors: Nattaya Mairittha, Gabriel Phorncharoenmusikul, Sorawit Worapradidth,
• Abstract summary: Integrity of contemporary AI systems is compromised by misuse of Human-in-the-Loop models.<n>We introduce the AI-First, Human-Empowered (AFHE) paradigm, which requires AI systems to demonstrate a quantifiable level of functional independence.<n>We conclude that AFHE provides a metric-driven approach for ensuring verifiable autonomy, transparency, and sustainable operational integrity in modern AI systems.
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• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
• Abstract: The integrity of many contemporary AI systems is compromised by the misuse of Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) models to obscure systems that remain heavily dependent on human labor. We define this structural dependency as Human-Instead-of-AI (HISOAI), an ethically problematic and economically unsustainable design in which human workers function as concealed operational substitutes rather than intentional, high-value collaborators. To address this issue, we introduce the AI-First, Human-Empowered (AFHE) paradigm, which requires AI systems to demonstrate a quantifiable level of functional independence prior to deployment. This requirement is formalized through the AI Autonomy Coefficient, measuring the proportion of tasks completed without mandatory human intervention. We further propose the AFHE Deployment Algorithm, an algorithmic gate that enforces a minimum autonomy threshold during offline evaluation and shadow deployment. Our results show that the AI Autonomy Coefficient effectively identifies HISOAI systems with an autonomy level of 0.38, while systems governed by the AFHE framework achieve an autonomy level of 0.85. We conclude that AFHE provides a metric-driven approach for ensuring verifiable autonomy, transparency, and sustainable operational integrity in modern AI systems.

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