The Digital Apprentice: A Framework for Human-Directed Agentic AI Development
Agentic AI deployments face a recurring design tension: heavy human oversight limits scale, while broad autonomy outruns accountability. Neither posture provides the governance infrastructure required for responsible delegation. We present the Digital Apprentice, a framework for scalable, safe AI agency in which autonomy is earned, not assumed. The Digital Apprentice is a developmental learner that internalizes the tacit methodology of a directing human, graduating through per-skill autonomy tie
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Published: 3 June 2026
Source: arXiv
Category: Research
Topics: Regulation · Agents & autonomy · Transparency
Retrieved: 14 July 2026
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