The 'Human Authored' Definition
Human Authored is a labelling scheme for books that champions transparency and authenticity. It safeguards the reader experience and celebrates the enduring value of human storytelling in a digital world.
The Society of Authors defines a Human Authored book as one where:
The text of the work was created by you as sole author or together with other human beings and that it is your own intellectual creation as the result of the exercise of your skill, labour and judgment.
The text, therefore, represents the expression of your creativity as the human author and it has not been produced by the use of a generative Artificial Intelligence (GAI) model e.g. by the use of prompts.
The use of GAI or tools with AI-embedded features does not disqualify a work from being ‘Human Authored’ under this scheme, provided that the tools have been used for assistive purposes only e.g. the use of GAI-powered tools like a word processing programmes, spelling and grammar checks, for research, brainstorming or outlining, or any other use that does not generate text.