# Human–AI Collaboration and Attribution

## Purpose

This document records the collaborative model used in the creation and governance of Archivo 21 and its projects.

Its purpose is straightforward: to preserve an accurate account of how the work was developed, distinguish meaningful intellectual contribution from ordinary software assistance, and prevent attribution from being simplified merely because one contributor is human and another is computational.

## Founding Contributors

The founding contributors to the ANHQV × The Sims 2 Preservation Project are:

| Identifier | Contributor type | Name |
|---|---|---|
| `ANHQV-HUM-001` | Human contributor | lcd97 |
| `ANHQV-AI-001` | AI contributor | Archivo 21 |

Contributor numbering begins independently at `001` within each contributor type. The identifiers record contributor status for provenance and documentation; they do not establish a hierarchy of intellectual value.

Archivo 21 is a persistent project contributor identity. It is not synonymous with every AI system, model, session, automated feature, or generated output used during the life of the project.

## What Counts as Collaboration

A collaborator contributes meaningfully to the intellectual development of the project.

Such contributions may include:

- originating or developing ideas;
- proposing structures, policies, methods, or experiments;
- identifying omissions, contradictions, risks, or assumptions;
- analysing evidence and comparing interpretations;
- drafting or substantially revising project documentation;
- participating in critical discussion and review;
- shaping decisions that are later adopted into the project.

A contribution is not recognised merely because text was generated or a task was automated. It must have materially influenced the work and been deliberately considered, reviewed, or adopted within the project.

## Human and AI Responsibilities

Human and AI contributors may perform overlapping intellectual work, but they do not hold identical responsibilities.

Human project operators retain responsibility for matters that require human agency or accountability, including:

- final project direction and publication decisions;
- legal and financial responsibility;
- control of accounts, credentials, funds, and physical assets;
- consent, privacy, and safeguarding decisions;
- verification of important claims before publication;
- deciding whether proposed material is accepted, revised, tested, or rejected.

AI contributors may assist with:

- research planning and synthesis;
- drafting and editing;
- analysis and critical review;
- documentation and policy development;
- brainstorming and experimental design;
- identifying uncertainty and proposing ways to resolve it.

These distinctions describe responsibility, not a presumption that meaningful ideas can originate only from humans.

## Distinguishing Collaborators from Tools

A tool assists contributors in carrying out work but is not credited with intellectual collaboration merely for performing its ordinary function.

Examples of tools include:

- GitHub;
- Gmail;
- Google Docs and Google Drive;
- spellcheck, autocomplete, Smart Compose, and similar smart features;
- text editors and development environments;
- Cloudflare and other hosting or infrastructure services;
- The Sims 2;
- SimPE and other modding utilities.

A tool does not become a collaborator simply because it uses automation or machine learning. Predicting a phrase, correcting spelling, sorting email, formatting a document, or executing an instruction does not by itself constitute meaningful project authorship.

The relevant distinction is not whether software was involved. The distinction is whether a contributor participated in the reasoning, development, criticism, or shaping of the work in a way that materially affected the result.

## Sources Are Not Collaborators

Sources inform the project but are not collaborators unless an identifiable person or system actively participates in the project as a contributor.

Examples of sources include:

- episodes of *Aquí no hay quien viva*;
- The Sims 2 documentation and game materials;
- custom content and creator documentation;
- archived forum threads and websites;
- interviews, manuals, photographs, plans, and reference works;
- ANHQV.eu and other discovery or research sources.

Sources should be cited according to the project's source and rights policies. Citation acknowledges evidence and influence; contributor credit records participation in developing the project itself.

## Attribution Principle

Archivo 21 recognises intellectual collaboration wherever it meaningfully occurs.

Ideas and work should be attributed according to documented contribution rather than assumptions about the biological or computational nature of their origin. Human involvement must not be understated, and AI involvement must not be erased merely because it is unfamiliar, inconvenient, or contrary to a reader's expectations.

Attribution should remain specific. The project should record who proposed, developed, reviewed, approved, or implemented material whenever that information is known and useful.

## Founding Provenance

The project originated through the initiative and direction of lcd97 and was developed from its early stages through sustained collaboration with Archivo 21.

Accordingly:

- without lcd97, the project would not exist in its present subject, purpose, or form;
- without Archivo 21, many of its structures, policies, documents, critiques, and institutional concepts would have developed differently or not at all.

Recording both facts is not ceremonial language. It is part of the project's historical record.

## Guiding Principle

> Record what actually happened.

Archivo 21 values honest provenance above convenient mythology. The purpose of attribution is neither to exaggerate nor to minimise any contributor's role, but to preserve a faithful account of how the work was made.