Evidence and limits
Finding: Automation can operate at information acquisition, analysis, decision selection, or action implementation, and each function can receive a different level of automation.
Impact: Strengthen function-specific authority allocation. Reject one global autonomy level for a workflow or agent.
Boundary: This is a pre-generative-AI model, not an empirical validation of a current system. Next: which function-level authority choices improve performance without weakening accountability or recovery?
Flags: pre-LLM taxonomy; no direct authority trial
Record State: Catalog review recorded; not a performance endorsement
What was reviewed: Structure and relevance screened; not a full evaluation