{"id":577,"date":"2026-02-28T18:19:54","date_gmt":"2026-02-28T17:19:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/?page_id=577"},"modified":"2026-02-28T19:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-02-28T18:54:06","slug":"over-reliance-and-deskilling","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/index.php\/over-reliance-and-deskilling\/","title":{"rendered":"Over-reliance and Deskilling"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Purpose: <\/strong>&nbsp;To prevent AI systems\/tools replacing or eroding human expertise, judgement and responsibility, and ensuring that automation supports human capabilities rather than diminishing them over time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-table\">\n<table style=\"border-collapse: collapse; width: 100%; font-family: sans-serif; font-size: 15px;\" border=\"1\">\n  <thead style=\"background-color: #f2f2f2;\">\n    <tr>\n      <th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; width: 30%; border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;\">Organisational \/ Technical<\/th>\n      <th style=\"padding: 12px; text-align: left; width: 70%; border-bottom: 2px solid #ccc;\">Measure<\/th>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/thead>\n  <tbody>\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>A. Managing dependence on AI outputs<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">The organisation has defined, clear boundaries and guidance for appropriate usage of AI systems\/tools<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Decisions with significant impact are not solely based on automated outputs<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Guidance exists on when AI outputs should be questioned, verified or supplemented with human input<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">The organisation actively discourages treating AI outputs as definitive or infallible<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>B. Preserving human judgement in workflows<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>BOTH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Workflows require active human engagement with checkpoints<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>TECH<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Tool interfaces avoid designs that encourage automatic acceptance (e.g. default approvals without review).<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">There are no penalties for challenging or overriding AI outputs<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n\n    <tr>\n      <td colspan=\"2\" style=\"padding: 12px; background-color: #e6f7ff; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>C. Skills, training and competence<\/strong><\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Training supports users in understanding both the capabilities and limitations of AI outputs<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">Opportunities exist for users to practice independent judgment rather than relying exclusively on automation<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n    <tr>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\"><strong>ORG<\/strong><\/td>\n      <td style=\"padding: 12px; border-bottom: 1px solid #ddd;\">The organisation periodically reassesses reliance patterns as systems evolve or scale<\/td>\n    <\/tr>\n  <\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/aiolia.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/AIOLIA-D3.1-certified.pdf\">AIOLIA deliverable 3.1<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Purpose: &nbsp;To prevent AI systems\/tools replacing or eroding human expertise, judgement and responsibility, and ensuring that automation supports human capabilities rather than diminishing them over time. 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