When AI Designs a Presentation, Who Authorizes Its Decisions?
A few weeks ago, while developing a system for designing presentations with artificial intelligence, I encountered a problem that initially appeared too small to deserve much attention.
An AI presentation tool had added a short explanatory section to a slide. The addition was coherent, visually appropriate, and consistent with the general subject. Under ordinary circumstances, it might have been considered an improvement.
But I had not asked for it.
The presentation concerned the possibility of introducing a four-day workweek. Its purpose was exploratory: to organize the questions management needed to consider, without recommending a decision or presenting unsupported conclusions. The additional section introduced an interpretation that had not been approved in the preceding design process.
The problem was not whether the sentence sounded reasonable. It was whether the tool had the authority to introduce it.
This distinction became increasingly important as the development continued.
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