# How to Decide How Much Authorship AI Should Have in Software Work

DevFeed: [How to Decide How Much Authorship AI Should Have in Software Work](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/use-curiosity-craft-and-care-to-decide-what-ai-should-write-41359.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://spin.atomicobject.com/ai-authorship/>)

Author: Kyle Humphrey

Published: 2026-09-17T12:00:32Z

Content type: opinion

Language: en

Sources: [Atomic Object](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/atomic-object.md>)

Topics: [agentic-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/agentic-engineering.md>), [Artificial Intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/ai.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/implementation.md>), [Software](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/software.md>)

Tags: [agentic](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic.md>), [agentic-engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/agentic-engineering.md>), [ai](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ai.md>), [artificial-intelligence](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/artificial-intelligence.md>), [development-practices](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/development-practices.md>), [engineering](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/engineering.md>), [implementation](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/implementation.md>), [ownership](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/ownership.md>), [software](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/software.md>), [workflow](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/workflow.md>)

## AI overview

This commentary examines how AI-generated meeting summaries, backlog items, and implementation work can introduce vocabulary, decisions, scope, and structure that a team does not recognize or own. It argues that the artifact's purpose should guide how much authorship is delegated to AI, using Curiosity, Craft, and Care as principles for making that decision.

## Source excerpt

Atomic's Agentic Engineering for Teams describes how work moves through a product backlog, definition, planning, implementation, and review when agents do much of the building. While working with a small team during a Research, Design, and Planning (RDP) engagement, I started paying attention to a smaller decision inside that process: how much authorship we give [...] The post Use Curiosity, Craft, and Care to Decide What AI Should Write appeared first on Atomic Spin.