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Human–AI Accountability Split

When a human and an AI produce something together, who is accountable?

In law, medicine, accounting, engineering, and audit, a licensed human must answer for the work — even when an AI did much of it. PlenaProof records the division of labor and the sign-off authority, so that accountability is documented before, not after, something goes wrong.

The gap

Regulators increasingly require a human "in the loop" for consequential decisions. Insurers and licensing boards increasingly ask which human, and for which part. A hybrid deliverable rarely carries a clear record of where AI assistance ended and human judgment began, or who held the accountable sign-off. That record is what PlenaProof prepares.

What you can record

A Human–AI Accountability Receipt: the deliverable; the part produced or assisted by AI; the part judged by a named, qualified human; the reviewer and their authority; and a timestamp. Preserved and checkable by a regulator, insurer, board, or court.

Receipt grammar applied

The PLENA six-part grammar, applied to hybrid human/AI deliverables.

Who acted

The licensed professional or accountable team.

Who reviewed

The named human exercising judgment, with their qualification.

What the AI did

The assisted portion, stated plainly.

What the human decided

The judged portion and the sign-off.

What was preserved

The dated division-of-labor record.

What can be checked

A verification suitable for a regulator or insurer.

Who this is for

Licensed professionals and firms

Lawyers, physicians, accountants, engineers, auditors — anyone producing regulated work with AI assistance.

Professional-liability insurers

Underwriters pricing hybrid-work risk and adjusting claims where AI assistance was material.

Boards and regulators

Licensing boards and regulators requiring documented human oversight under high-risk-AI rules (EU AI Act, sectoral equivalents).

Boundary

Does not replace — professional licensing, malpractice insurance, or regulatory sign-off.

Complements — them, by recording the human/AI division of labor and accountable authority.

Owns — the dated accountability-split receipt and its sign-off chain.

Rule — PlenaProof records who was accountable; it does not judge whether they were right.

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