# Levels of autonomy

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.

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).

Also called: Autonomy ladder, Levels of agency

Related: Human oversight

Source: https://redfinchadvisory.com/lexicon/levels-of-autonomy (version 1.0, changed 2026-10-21)