Term
Symbiotic contract
Plain-language definition
An explicit agreement for human-AI cooperation.
Technical definition
A documented agreement defining roles, boundaries, permissions, escalation rules, data use, reversibility, and accountability between people and AI systems.
Evidence status
Design Principle
Why it matters
Contracts make implicit delegation visible.
Example
A team defines what an agent may do without approval.
Related terms
Related frameworks
Sources or further reading
- NIST AI Risk Management Framework
- NIST AI RMF Playbook
- UNESCO Recommendation on the Ethics of Artificial Intelligence
- Google Search Central: helpful, reliable, people-first content
- Schema.org DefinedTerm