The Human Agency Index: A Global Framework for Measuring Human Cognitive Independence, Skill Retention, Decision Integrity, and Reality Anchoring in the Age of Artificial Intelligence - HAI

The Human Agency Index (HAI) introduces a new global framework for measuring how much human agency remains under large-scale AI mediation. As artificial intelligence becomes embedded in writing, learning, decision-making, research, business, education, governance, creativity, and daily communication, the central question is no longer only whether AI systems are safe. The deeper question is whether humans remain capable, independent, skilled, responsible, and reality-grounded while using them. This paper argues that AI safety without human agency is incomplete. A society may deploy technically safe AI systems while still weakening the human capacities required for critical thinking, skill retention, accountable decision-making, attention control, economic independence, institutional judgment, and truth-seeking. The paper proposes the Human Agency Index (HAI) as a practical measurement model built on eight pillars: Cognitive Agency Skill Agency Decision Agency Attention Agency Reality Agency Economic Agency Institutional Agency Epistemic Agency Together, these pillars help assess whether AI is strengthening human capability or quietly creating dependency, deskilling, cognitive offloading, decision outsourcing, and epistemic weakness. The central thesis is clear: The greatest long-term AI risk is not only machine autonomy, but human agency erosion. HAI is designed for researchers, policymakers, educators, enterprises, AI governance professionals, public institutions, and technology leaders who need a structured way to evaluate the human impact of AI adoption. This paper provides a foundation for future AI dependency audits, human-capacity assessments, institutional AI governance models, and public-interest frameworks focused on preserving human intelligence, judgment, skill, and responsibility in the age of artificial intelligence.

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