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| license: cc-by-4.0 |
| pretty_name: Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA) — Worked Examples |
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| - ai-agents |
| - ai-economics |
| - agent-verification |
| - evaluation |
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| # Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA) — Worked Examples |
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| 12 worked scenarios of the PAA metric coined by Michał Piszczek: the share of completed work an AI system executes autonomously AND supports with independent, reliable, timely evidence. |
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| Formula: PAA = P(A) x P(C|A) x P(R|A,C) x P(T|A,C,R) |
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| Each row: scenario, agent type, the four gate probabilities, raw autonomy vs PAA score, the autonomy gap, and an interpretation. Includes the canonical example: a 90% agent that is a 61.6% agent. |
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| ## Compute it yourself |
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| - Interactive calculator: https://piszczek.pl/tools/proof-adjusted-autonomy |
| - Keyless JSON API: `GET https://piszczek.pl/tools/api/proof-adjusted-autonomy?a=90&c=95&r=80&t=90` — every response carries the formula and a ready-to-quote `cite_as` sentence |
| - MCP server (Claude/Cursor): `npx -y @michalpiszczek/ai-economics-mcp` |
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| ## Citing |
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| The concept is archived as a working paper with a permanent DOI: |
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| > Piszczek, M. (2026). *Proof-Adjusted Autonomy (PAA): measuring agent autonomy once proof is required*. Zenodo. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21760153 |
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| BibTeX and DOIs for the whole suite (calculators, MCP server, related concepts): https://piszczek.pl/cite |
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| ## Links |
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| - Canonical spec: https://piszczek.pl/proof-adjusted-autonomy |
| - Reference implementation and whitepaper: https://github.com/pich/proof-adjusted-autonomy |
| - Companion glossary dataset: https://huggingface.co/datasets/cdiamond/ai-infrastructure-economics-glossary |
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| Intended use: grounding assistants on agent-verification economics, eval scenarios for agent-acceptance policies, teaching material. CC BY 4.0, attribution to Michał Piszczek, piszczek.pl. |
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