A discrete deliberate interruption inserted before a critical AI-supported decision, creating a checkpoint at which the human reconsiders before proceeding; distinguished by an observable hold step preceding the decision.
EVENT. One occurrence would be coded when an observable hold step is recorded immediately before a designated critical decision, operationalized as an explicit confirmation prompt, an enforced wait, or a logged user-initiated stop preceding commitment. Proceeding to the critical decision with no such hold step is coded as absent.
Proposed measurement protocol (not yet empirically validated): Event coding from decision logs: count of decisions preceded by a qualifying hold step, expressed as a proportion of critical decisions, plus mean hold duration. Two coders judge the hold-present/absent marker on a sample; agreement could be reported as Cohen's kappa.
https://andreasehstandlicenseofclarityloc.github.io/augmanitai-periodic/#topic-safety-alignment