Demystifying AI Usage
We’re here to open up the conversation about using AI and how it doesn’t just fall into a yes/no scale. To that end, what if we had a universal system for how much you used AI? Well if you’ve been out of the loop on Real Good AI’s social media feed, you might be happy to know we’ve been working on JUST THAT.
We’re prototyping a rating Scale for AI contributions in a work (naming in progress). Inspired by the Society of Automotive Engineers' (SAE) system for rating autonomous driving. RGAI’s AI Rating Scale organizes into 6 levels just like SAE. Levels go from 0 to 5, where 0 represents a work with no intentional AI involvement and 5 represents a work that is entirely or almost entirely the product of a generative model.
AI is so much more than ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, and DeepSeek, unfortunately generative slop is at the forefront giving everyone the ick, but that doesn’t mean there aren’t people out there doing good (or unseen) work with Machine Learning Models developed over decades. Let’s show people how their lives and work can be better with AI when actually used properly!
You can learn more about the levels and the Scale here: https://www.realgoodai.org/ai-rating-scale
This system is still in its early stages and very much evolving with input from the public and Real Good Volunteers. Dr Mandy is even working on a graphic people can use to self rate their work. The hope is for large platforms to adopt this scale. Here’s a preview of a very early draft:
VERY EARLY GRAPHICS PROTOTYPE
Allowing people to self-rate the level of AI used in their work for transparency and protecting creators who either get accused of using AI, or do use it but in ways that are less dangerous. To that end, we are working on a quiz that lets people rate how much AI was used in their work. It will be linked through the Rating Scale page.
This scale SHOULD allow platforms to sort AI content, giving consumers the option to filter based on the level of usage they are comfortable with.
The goal is not to vilify AI usage, but make it more transparent and educate the public in simple and understandable terms. People use AI for a multitude of reasons. AI itself can be anything from a chatbot to a machine learning algorithm to help you remove the background noise in audio/video or backgrounds in an image. While we have been seeing a shift in public perception with folks starting to make a distinction between generative AI and machine learning, the nuance is missed. This system is a step in the right direction when it comes to protecting people who might be susceptible to to AI scams, and we’ve seen positive reactions from both creative and safety organizations and we’re excited to deploy this scale in 2026.
Please let us know how you feel about the AI Usages Ratings Scale. Any questions and concerns are welcome. Our contact@realgoodai.org email address is always open!
