Research into Practitioner-In-The-Loop (PITL)
Core Principles
- GenAI = scalable intelligence & automation
- Practitioner = empathy, trust, judgment, human context
- PITLS = society’s hybrid layer ensuring solutions are both intelligent and human-centered
Key practitioner roles that focus on the partnership between GenAI and human practitioners.
Survival (Societal Foundations)
- Farmers & Food Producers
- GenAI: Forecasts yields, pests, soil health.
- Practitioner: Adapts to land, culture, and human context — making decisions in the field, planting, harvesting, and working with local communities.
- Healthcare Practitioners
- GenAI: Generates diagnosis/treatment plans.
- Practitioner: Provides empathy, judgment, and adaptation — examining patients, delivering treatment, and supporting recovery.
- Builders & Craftspeople
- GenAI: Creates designs, safety checks, cost models.
- Practitioner: Ensures build quality and cultural fit — laying bricks, wiring buildings, crafting safe and usable spaces.
- Energy & Environmental Practitioners
- GenAI: Models energy use, risks, climate patterns.
- Practitioner: Balances trade-offs, implements strategies — installing solar, restoring ecosystems, managing resources on the ground.
- Technicians & Tradespeople
- GenAI: Troubleshooting guides, predictive maintenance.
- Practitioner: Applies practical skill — repairing machines, fixing wiring, improvising safe solutions when reality diverges from the plan.
Security & Stability
- Emergency Responders
- GenAI: Triage calls, propose response protocols.
- Practitioner: Acts in chaos — rescuing people, administering first aid, reassuring communities in moments of crisis.
- Security & Defense Practitioners
- GenAI: Scans threats, predicts risks.
- Practitioner: Applies judgment — patrolling streets, conducting missions, negotiating peace, defending digital and physical spaces.
- Legal Practitioners
- GenAI: Drafts contracts, analyses case law.
- Practitioner: Interprets ethics — arguing in court, advising clients, mediating disputes, delivering justice.
- Logistics & Transport Workers
- GenAI: Optimises routing, load balancing.
- Practitioner: Handles disruptions — driving trucks, piloting planes, coordinating supply chains, ensuring goods arrive.
- Financial Practitioners
- GenAI: Automates analysis, fraud detection.
- Practitioner: Builds trust — advising families, auditing books, structuring deals, ensuring financial wellbeing.
Growth & Knowledge
- Educators
- GenAI: Creates personalised learning paths.
- Practitioner: Motivates and mentors — teaching lessons, encouraging students, building curiosity and confidence.
- Scientists & Researchers
- GenAI: Literature reviews, hypothesis generation.
- Practitioner: Frames questions and validates — running experiments, writing papers, presenting insights to society.
- Engineers & Technologists
- GenAI: Designs, code fixes, simulations.
- Practitioner: Builds and integrates — coding, testing, constructing systems, ensuring reliability and safety.
- Entrepreneurs & Business Builders
- GenAI: Market analysis, business models, prototypes.
- Practitioner: Creates ventures — pitching, fundraising, leading teams, taking risks to bring new ideas alive.
- Communicators & Media Practitioners
- GenAI: Content generation, fact-checking.
- Practitioner: Ensures truth and resonance — interviewing, investigating, broadcasting, telling stories that matter.
Meaning & Connection
- Caregivers
- GenAI: Suggests routines, tracks progress.
- Practitioner: Offers compassion — feeding, washing, comforting, and supporting dignity in daily life.
- Social Workers & Community Practitioners
- GenAI: Analyses systemic issues, allocates resources.
- Practitioner: Mediates and supports — visiting homes, advocating for vulnerable people, connecting communities to services.
- Cultural & Creative Practitioners
- GenAI: Co-creates art, music, stories.
- Practitioner: Brings human meaning — painting, performing, writing, crafting culture with symbolism and depth.
- Religious & Spiritual Leaders
- GenAI: Maps scripture, ethics, parallels.
- Practitioner: Provides lived wisdom — preaching, guiding, listening, conducting rituals, holding space for meaning.
- Public Servants & Policy Makers
- GenAI: Simulates outcomes, models governance.
- Practitioner: Balances values — debating policies, drafting laws, engaging citizens, representing collective will.