{
  "name": "AI Attribution (AIA)",
  "version": "v1",
  "site": "https://timothyfcook.com",
  "essay": "/writing/2026/is-this-worth-my-attention",
  "license": {
    "name": "CC BY 4.0",
    "url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/",
    "button": "https://licensebuttons.net/l/by/4.0/88x31.png"
  },
  "axes": {
    "ideas": [
      "Original ideas",
      "Some AI ideas",
      "Mostly AI ideas"
    ],
    "words": [
      "Original writing",
      "Some AI writing",
      "Mostly AI writing"
    ]
  },
  "codes": [
    {
      "code": "1x1",
      "name": "No AI",
      "summary": "Original ideas and writing.",
      "description": "A person's own ideas and writing. Spellcheck is allowed.",
      "color": "#5E9660",
      "tint": "#B3CDB4",
      "dark": "#3F6B41"
    },
    {
      "code": "1x2",
      "name": "Polished",
      "summary": "Original ideas, some AI writing.",
      "description": "The ideas and the draft were human, but AI did copyedits and redrafting.",
      "color": "#A5C487",
      "tint": "#CADDB8",
      "dark": "#5F8A45"
    },
    {
      "code": "1x3",
      "name": "Proxied",
      "summary": "Original ideas, mostly AI writing.",
      "description": "The argument, prompts, and outline are human, but most of the writing is done by AI.",
      "color": "#EDD9A0",
      "tint": "#EEDCA6",
      "dark": "#A8862F"
    },
    {
      "code": "2x1",
      "name": "Informed",
      "summary": "Some AI ideas, original writing.",
      "description": "The thinking was developed with AI through research, brainstorming or debate, but a person wrote every word.",
      "color": "#A5C487",
      "tint": "#CADDB8",
      "dark": "#5F8A45"
    },
    {
      "code": "2x2",
      "name": "Paired",
      "summary": "Some AI ideas and writing.",
      "description": "A person collaborated with AI on both the ideas and writing.",
      "color": "#EDD9A0",
      "tint": "#EEDCA6",
      "dark": "#A8862F"
    },
    {
      "code": "2x3",
      "name": "Directed",
      "summary": "Some AI ideas, mostly AI writing.",
      "description": "Ideas shaped together, with AI writing most text under direction.",
      "color": "#E39B75",
      "tint": "#F0C4AC",
      "dark": "#B05A31"
    },
    {
      "code": "3x1",
      "name": "Borrowed",
      "summary": "Mostly AI ideas, original writing.",
      "description": "The ideas largely came from AI, and a person wrote them up in their own words.",
      "color": "#EDD9A0",
      "tint": "#EEDCA6",
      "dark": "#A8862F"
    },
    {
      "code": "3x2",
      "name": "Curated",
      "summary": "Mostly AI ideas, some AI writing.",
      "description": "AI came up with the ideas and first draft. A person cut and reworked it.",
      "color": "#E39B75",
      "tint": "#F0C4AC",
      "dark": "#B05A31"
    },
    {
      "code": "3x3",
      "name": "Slop",
      "summary": "Mostly AI ideas and writing.",
      "description": "Vibe writing. A person provided a minimal prompt and the AI did the rest.",
      "color": "#C2524A",
      "tint": "#E2A6A1",
      "dark": "#8E2F28"
    }
  ]
}