Real Good AI’s Rating Scale

No intentional AI usage in production. Example: incidental google searches with included AI summaries are ok if not referenced (since these things are impossible to turn off!).

Single components of the work like individual words or grammar assistance. Specialized tools or filters (that are not full LLMs/image/video generation) that apply an after effect, filter, or change only a few words or details from your work. This can include the creation of non-central automated accessibility features like captions or transcripts.

AI idea development, organization, structuring or outlining, where no final text or images are AI generated. Use for directions, feedback, or other tasks only when human in the loop prevents copy/pasting directly from AI output to the final product.

AI generation of isolated phrases or other building block components (even if edited or traced). Think ship of Theseus: if some of the smaller components to a video, image, written work were at any point copy and pasted from AI, it is still influenced by the AI work and should be marked as this level. AI generation likely does not change the overall content or meaning of the work and can include tasks such as cleaning up small components of background with AI generative fill or AI enhancement of voice.

AI generation of paragraphs, major components, or major ideas contributed by AI (even if edited or traced). This is more than incidental use, where the content of the work would have been different if AI was not involved. Authorship or otherwise credit would be required if a human had made similar contributions.

AI generation of the large part or whole work (even if edited or traced). No matter how complex the prompt is (including supplying reference materials in prompting), if the work is copy/pasted with only minimal human intervention. Also anytime there is active AI interaction or content reaching the user with no human oversight.