The Human–AI Spectrum
Human creativity has more than one process.
From entirely human-created to entirely AI-generated. The distinction is who makes the work—and what they contribute.
Who made the essential creative contribution?
The spectrum gives creators and audiences a shared language for describing a work. A higher number means more human authorship. It is not a percentage score, a measure of quality, or a result from an AI detector.
VH3 is the minimum for the VerifiedHuman mark. Apply the standard to the work you label, not everything a member produces. Read the field-specific definitions alongside the spectrum.
Five levels. One clear threshold.
- VH5
Entirely human-created
The creative work is made by a human without generative AI. Traditional tools are welcome.
Qualifies - VH4
Human-created, AI-enhanced
The human creates the work. AI supports the process within the boundaries of the relevant field.
Qualifies - VH3
Human-led, AI-assisted
The human leads and makes the essential contribution. AI-generated material must meet the field’s requirements for substantial human transformation.
Qualifies · minimum threshold - VH2
AI-led, human-directed
A human prompts, guides, selects, or edits, while AI supplies the essential creative work.
Below the standard - VH1
Entirely AI-generated
AI supplies the work, with no meaningful human creative contribution beyond initiating and accepting the output.
Below the standard
Read the spectrum in your field.
Writing
The key requirements for this field.
You supply the writing. AI can help with research and permitted editing at VH4. A generated draft needs substantial reauthoring in your own voice at VH3. Disclose AI translation.
Visual art
The key requirements for this field.
You capture or create the essential visual work. At VH3, generated material needs substantial transformation. A prompted image with minor edits does not qualify.
Music
The key requirements for this field.
You compose the essential notes, sounds, and beats. At VH3, generated musical material needs substantial transformation. Explain separately who performed the work and how tools changed the recording.
Vocal performance
The key requirements for this field.
You give the vocal performance at every qualifying level. AI may assist production, but generated or cloned vocals do not qualify as human performances.
Content creation
The key requirements for this field.
You shape the production’s point of view, structure, pacing, and voice. At VH3, generated elements need substantial transformation and integration. Curation alone is not enough.
Describe the process plainly.
Tell your audience what you made and what the AI contributed. Put that explanation in the credits, description, liner notes, or a linked page about the work.
For writing, disclosed AI translation preserves the qualification of a human-written original. Editorial assistance and AI-generated drafting are different questions. The Writers definitions explain both.
For voice acting, a human must give the vocal performance at every qualifying level. Reworking a synthetic or cloned voice does not make it a human performance.
Use the levels with your field’s standard
The Spectrum describes the balance of human and AI contribution. It does not replace the definitions for your field.
VH3 is the lowest qualifying level. Generated material needs substantial human transformation; choosing an output and making small edits is not enough. Voice acting has a further boundary: the performance must be human at every qualifying level. Synthetic or cloned speech does not qualify as a human performance.
Describe what happened
Credit the people who made the work. Explain significant AI contributions in a note, credit, description, or linked process page. Use AIU (AI-Unknown) when a source’s human or AI origin is unclear. That tag records uncertainty; the work must still meet the standard.
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