Asking
The human asks for an answer with little explicit structure or control.
Collaboration progression
How does human-AI practice develop?
Levels describe the collaboration move, not a value ranking. The highest level is not automatically the best fit for every task.
Instruction
The human structures the request and specifies goals, context, constraints, evidence expectations, and response form.
Alignment
The collaboration clarifies assumptions, constraints, audience, and success criteria before generation.
Co-construction
Human and AI share construction through phases, roles, intermediate artefacts, checkpoints, and handoffs.
Reflection
The collaboration separates construction, critique, revision, verification, and responsible judgment.
Orchestration
The human designs control across steps, tools, resources, state, permissions, roles, and systems.