{
 "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/levels-of-autonomy",
 "slug": "levels-of-autonomy",
 "prefLabel": "Levels of autonomy",
 "altLabel": [
  "Autonomy ladder",
  "Levels of agency"
 ],
 "hiddenLabel": [],
 "definition": "A scale of how much you hand over to an AI system or agent: nothing to act on, an instruction, an outcome, or an area to look after.",
 "scopeNote": "Autonomy is a setting you choose, not a feature of the model. The same product can run at different levels. As autonomy rises, decide how a person oversees it (see Human oversight).",
 "tier": "core",
 "group": "Autonomy and identity",
 "broader": [],
 "narrower": [
  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/autonomous",
  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/advisor",
  "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/task-runner"
 ],
 "related": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-oversight",
   "type": "related"
  }
 ],
 "links": [
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/assistant",
   "label": "can run at any rung",
   "direction": "in"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/agent",
   "label": "sits on the upper rungs of",
   "direction": "in"
  },
  {
   "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/human-in-the-loop",
   "label": "fits the lower rungs of",
   "direction": "in"
  }
 ],
 "modified": "2026-10-21",
 "markdown": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/levels-of-autonomy.md",
 "inScheme": {
  "id": "https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon",
  "version": "1.0",
  "currentAsOf": "2026-10-21"
 }
}