The Delegation Line

A short self-assessment: how much decision-making would you hand over to an automated system? The twenty situations below measure your own inclination to delegate — starting with decisions that are entirely personal, then moving through decisions that touch your family and community, your colleagues and your organisation, and ending with decisions of justice, public policy and war. Each situation asks the same question: would you let an automated system — an algorithm, an AI model — make this decision, would you keep the decision human but let these systems assist it, or would you keep them out of it entirely?

There are no right answers, and the hard cases are deliberately hard — do not soften your own line to seem consistent. The map of where this room delegates, where it hesitates and where it refuses is what we will discuss together. One more thing: when all twenty answers are in, the page will offer you a closing section — a short note for each of the twenty decisions showing how today's technology already touches it, with names, places and years. Answer in your own terms first; the notes come after. It is not asking you to change your answers. It is context worth having for the discussion.

Your device has been given the short code in the corner. It identifies your answers on the class board without your name — no login, nothing personal. You can change any answer at any time; the board updates live.