- In short
- The load-bearing criterion is the single screening factor whose change would move a use case to a different classification. When the four criteria point in different directions, identifying it resolves the case: a low-consequence, reversible task can still need a human because accountability cannot transfer to a model, and a high-consequence task can still be appropriate if a named reviewer restores accountability and reversibility. Naming the load-bearing criterion is what makes a classification defensible.
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