AI Glossary

Collaborative mode

noun phraseOrbytpreferred in this glossary

Current Orbyt operating mode in which seats carry out assigned work independently while specified decisions return to a human founder.

Source: Collective Features (opens in a new tab) (adapted)

Adapted: names the seat work and the founder's reserved decisions more precisely. Source: Collective Features (opens in a new tab)

In plain language

Seats work on their own until a decision reserved for the founder appears.

In a sentence

  • In collaborative mode, the seat drafted a proposal and waited for the founder's decision.
  • The dashboard labels collaborative mode as the way the Machine runs today.

Examples written for this glossary

Usage note

Independent work does not mean every choice is delegated. The public description places a person in the loop on decisions and labels the autonomous alternative as a preview.

Not to be confused with

Why it matters

The name tells a reader which part of the simulation describes current operation and which part describes a proposed change.

Used on Features.

Read more: Autonomous operation research

See also

  • Autonomous mode

    Proposed Orbyt operating mode, still being built, in which the Machine would decide and fix things on its own, with nobody in the loop on its decisions, while money, public claims, anything irreversible and the gates stay the founder's in either mode.

  • Authority matrix

    Committed table that assigns each Orbyt seat work it may do alone and work that requires a human decision, with workflows enforcing that split.

Cite this term.

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This term

Orbyt Labs, Collaborative mode (AI Glossary), Nov 6, 2026. https://www.orbytlabs.ai/orbyt-collective/glossary/collaborative-mode

The dataset (JSON)

Orbyt Labs Glossaries (Nov 6, 2026), https://www.orbytlabs.ai/glossary#dataset

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