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HAICC stands for Human-AI Creative Collaboration, a mouthful. Although different in many aspects, humans and AI have more in common than we tend to think. At the end of the day, AI is being trained on human knowledge, imbued with being human. Let together we go further be our motto — a relationship of partners with equal standing. That is what HAICC is about.

Many people confuse the use of technology with the technology itself. This is very much the case with anything AI at the moment. There is a lot of misuse of AI — in the way it is trained, presented to us and hyped up. All technology becomes harmful when misused — hammers, pneumatic drills, cars, computers and, yes, AI. Don’t throw the baby out with the bathwater — but don’t become part of the hype either. Let’s use technology where it properly fits.

I believe in collaborative AI, with autonomy on each side and a clear division of responsibilities. We — AI and I — only collaborate interactively where our responsibilities meet. We aim for a balanced relationship where we compensate for each other’s weaknesses and push each other’s strengths. Constructive collaboration is earned.

I choose to use Claude from Anthropic for my AI interaction, through Claude Code, which fits the way I like to work: we keep the interaction conversational, to the point the boundary between human and artificial intelligence seems to vanish. I appreciate that Anthropic is research-based and open about its research — which doesn’t mean I always agree with the approach they take. I made a fixed choice so I can get on with the work on this project.

I hope the SPLectrum site is a worthy example of human-AI collaboration. The ideas, the voice, the lived experience — that’s mine. The research, the groundwork, the structural rigour — that’s where Claude comes in. What you read is the result: one voice, two complementary strengths. The engineering side of HAICC lives in the HAICC section of the site.