Cognitive Sovereignty Self-Audit for Arts and Culture
This audit measures whether AI tools are replacing your own judgement in artistic decisions or enhancing it while you remain in control. Your answers reveal where you are making choices independently and where AI may be quietly taking over.
Before using an AI tool, write down your own thought or decision first. Then use the tool. If the AI output would have changed your choice significantly, ask why you were uncertain enough to need it.
In grant applications and curatorial statements, read your work aloud before submitting it. If you cannot hear your own voice in the language, rewrite it. Funders and audiences can tell when applications are AI-drafted.
When AI suggests what audiences want, ask instead what audiences need to see that they might not know they want. This is where cultural organisations add real value.
Set a monthly review where you list the decisions you made entirely on your own and the ones where AI was involved. Track whether the balance is changing.
Teach your team that AI tools are fine for research, drafting, and testing, but final choices about what art means and what your organisation stands for must remain human.