The Framework
HI — HO
HI-HO is an ethical framework for using generative AI. It separates what only humans should do from what the AI may do — and binds the entire process to a single standard: the non-marginalization of humans.
HI · Human Input
The human controls the information and details that go into the AI.
You decide what context, data, framing, audience, and intent reach the model. Nothing is generated from a vacuum. HI is the moment where authorship begins and where bias, scope, and ethical guardrails are set.
Human Input
The human is the source of intent. You decide which information, framing, audience, and constraints the AI receives. Strong HI is specific, sourced, and aware of its blind spots. Weak HI launders hidden assumptions into every downstream token.
The Generative Dash
The dash is the AI's iterative, generative work — done in conversation with you. It is not a one-shot oracle. You re-prompt, refine, narrow, and regenerate. Treat the AI as a fast collaborator that needs to be steered.
Human Oversight
The human vets, edits, attributes, and decides. HO is where dignity is defended: nothing reaches a student, an employee, or a customer without a named human accountable for it. HO is not a rubber stamp — it is the moment of ethical judgment.
The non-negotiable
Humans are aided, not replaced. Human dignity is the ultimate ethical standard. Any application of generative AI that marginalizes humans — by skipping HI, collapsing HO, or treating the dash as a decision-maker — is out of alignment with the framework.