The Provenance Manifesto
We are discovering better ways of building software and operating organizations in the age of artificial intelligence by preserving, governing, and evolving the provenance of decisions that shape our systems.
Through this work we have come to value:
verified_user Traceable decisions with context
over undocumented intuition
history_edu Institutional memory
over repeated rediscovery
gavel Transparent reasoning
over hidden assumptions
timeline Evolution of decisions
over static documentation
person Accountable decision ownership
over anonymous outputs
smart_toy Governed collaboration between humans and AI
over uncontrolled automation
While there is value in the items on the right, we value the items on the left more.
"The history of every decision is the architecture of our future."
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